From the Observer:
http://observer.com/2016/02/the-trut...tseller-lists/
Not really news but it does collect all the previously reported data about how gamey the gamed bestseller list game has become.
To authors he says:
Quote:
The only answer to this debacle is to stop worrying about hitting the major bestseller lists.
At this point, the results are so far outside of an author’s direct control, that it doesn’t make sense to make these lists a goal anymore.
Instead, focus on the reader.
Make your book available at the stores or websites your readers buy books from, in the formats they buy in. Make it easy to buy and easy to read.
Don’t make the lists your customer. Keep the reader your customer—the people you’re really writing books for.
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To readers I'd say, "take the rankings with a pound of salt and consider an unusually high ranking as more of a warning than a recommendation".
