Quote:
Originally Posted by fjtorres
Authors in particular get screwed by the NYT rules.
Back in 2015 they openly told PW that their objective was to promote new releases so a children's book that took a year to ramp up its sales rate via word of mouth to where it was outselling most new releases week to week wasn't worthy of their list. So they not only didn't list it (USAToday did), they changed the official rules.
Happens all the time. They openly admit they arbitrarilly move titles up and down or add or delete titles at will. Their list isn't about what readers are buying but about what they want people to buy.
A book can sell 100,000 copies and never make their list while a one week wonder selling 10000 gets celebrated.
That's why USAToday got into the list game...
|
There is an awful lot of evidence that most book bestseller lists are manipulated garbage that hypes certain books while pushing others to the side. Until they go to something like Soundscan for music then I have no intention of paying them any mind. The kind of books I typically read never make it on these lists anyone. I have long since passed the stage where I care what everybody else is reading, listening to or watching. I consume what ever media I like no matter what others think. After all I have a finite number of years to read my TBR pile.