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Originally Posted by tompe
And why do bookshops publish the bestseller list prominently in the shop if not to sell more books.
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Those shops are using the
bandwagon advertising technique.
What books people are reading is still news even though the news may be repeated in advertisements.
The Times doesn't know exactly which books are selling the most because not all sellers release the needed figures. Journalistic judgement comes in as elsewhere in the paper. Journalism is the first draft of history.