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Old 08-05-2019, 12:12 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
The wrong assumption is that a bestseller is inherently better than one that hasn't made it into a bestseller list. Even if they deserve the nomination bestseller, the only thing that says about it is that they sell more copies and or bring in more revenue. Most readers don't read a lot, so for most readers there is seldom the issue of running out of money. When money is no issue, they may as well pick out a book to buy, maybe even read, that is on some bestseller list. Most readers that read a lot are unable or unwilling to pay new release hardcover prices for every single book they read.
I hear you about budgets. But even when I read a budget book...because of my budget...I can recognize the difference in quality from the typical best seller...even among genre books.

And I'm not speaking about misspelled words and the like.
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