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Originally Posted by ereadingdotcom
I have edited many New York Times bestselling authors in my anthologies, and I've read more than my share of them, too. But to me, that tag is not necessarily a litmus test for quality. Maybe 10% of it is. The rest is, to me, simply a sign that the writer is popular among some people.
That's about it.
Or, that it made Oprah's list or something 
Richard Dean Starr
Co-Founder & CEO,
eRead Technologies, Inc.
www.Ereading.com |
So in other words it comes down to personal bias (i.e whether a given person or group likes a particular author/ book), right? Not that there is anything wrong with that I think as we all have our preferences whether it's in music, food, reading, etc. All a part of being human.