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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP i know it is hard to swallow but deep down you know that bestseller status is unfortunately almost barely correlated with the quality of the book. The bestseller list is full of … mediocre books. It’s also full of people who were able to game the system with mass orders - a megachurch that bought thousands of its pastor’s book in presale to ensure it debuted as a bestseller comes to mind. Great books sell a handful of copies all the time. 
- Publishing industry person. [/quote]

+1… or the author is highly connected in the media world and can get a lot of major National and international placements in the press. You also have to think about how getting an agent and getting a book deal from a major publisher is a major accomplishment in itself - almost akin to winning the lottery. Most people can’t even get an agent let alone a book deal. Also, the average book sells about 3000 copies in a lifetime. Some very successful authors now are self published because they didn’t worry about what the publishing industry said.[/quote]

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