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Originally Posted by taosaur
The only bestseller I've read recently was not remotely crafted to be a bestseller: The Martian, by Andy Weir, which the author originally published in serial form on his personal website, as his personal space nerd what-if exercise.
Granted, there are plenty of people doing shtick, but the glass isn't necessarily half empty.
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I didn't say all bestsellers are aiming at the list from day one. But rather *many* of them.
There are still some who regularly hit just by doing what comes natural to them (Gaiman, for one) or who just do it the old-fashioned way (50 Shades, Hunger games, Potter). For the most part, the big lottery winners tend to be "accidental" successes. Nobody's figured out *that* formula.
