Thread: From the NYT on Kindle 'sales' figures
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Old 01-23-2010, 03:01 PM   #12
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Doesn't that kinda skew bestseller lists and the like?
1) Yes, that's the point.

2) Bestseller lists, like any other marketing gimmick, exist to be manipulated (the funniest example was probably the New York Times creating a second bestseller list because of JK Rowling).
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