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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The NY Times has a system for how books end up on the list. I’m not a Jen fan at all, but the Times editors don’t just select books for the list. There was no way her team was going to let this book not be a best seller. In terms of how many books it actually sells, the only way to find out is from Nielsen Book Scan.

Bulk buying is happening for sure though because hello…. Jen has her own book club, so however many women subscribe to it, all got Awake. Who bought those books?

Jen H Inc.

Here’s the link to the Times’ methodology:
https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology/

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Exactly![/quote]

There was a recent court case about this:

“For years, the New York Times maintained the facade that its bestseller list was compiled from comprehensive sales data, a trusted reflection of what readers were actually buying. However, faced with legal scrutiny, the publication was forced to admit the list was not the product of objective algorithms or sales metrics. Instead, it stands as a curated selection, influenced by the newspaper's editorial team's subjective decisions.”[/quote]

The “best seller list” is a complete fraud.[/quote]

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