how does a book become a New York Times bestseller??
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**The real way**: Your publisher makes sure you get on the list, one way or another, even if they have to buy the books themselves (VERY common…VERY common) or have the NY Times list just put you on because, yeah, thats a thing, the list isn’t necessarily real, its a dual purpose, to be used as a marketing platform and to sorta show whats happening– even the NY times basically admitted the lists are subjective and they can and will do whatever they want. It is not a list of “bestselling books”. Its a list titled “NY Times bestsellers”, whatever that means, its not defined.
**The alleged way its supposed to happen**: The NY Times list is kinda a made up list, its supposed to track book sales, and if your book sells enough, in certain types of areas, you get on the list. How this is exactly weighted in how much needs to sell where and when isn’t public. But again, to be clear, the list is not real, nor does it actually track or meant to track the bestselling books… yeah its weird
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