I think thats really what set alarm bells off.
So how does theNew York Timesbest-seller list work, to the best of our knowledge?
They weight it towards the independents.
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TheTimesgets reports from those stores every week who tell them how many copies of each book theyve sold.
Then they tally it up.
TheNew York Timesalso doesnt have backlist books, just new releases.
A book can age out of the list.
Its not like the stores had like 30 copies of the book in stock, they didnt have any.
The next book down on the list only showed 6,000 copies.
Thats the thing that really clued me in that something was off.
I think people wouldve been surprised, but I dont think anyone wouldve gone digging into it.
But when youre No.
1 on theTimeslist and showing sales of over 18,000 copies, people are gonna start asking questions.
You posted a message on Twitter from theTimessaying they were correcting the list.
How often does that happen?It does happen occasionally when something is off.
Ive gotten corrections from theNew York Timesbefore.
This one was pretty shocking in how quickly it came.
I think it was in the course of eight hours from that conversation starting to theTimesredoing the list.
The book that was No.
1,The Hate U Give, has been inspiring a lot of passion too.
No one likes getting scammed, no one likes feeling like theyre being taken advantage of.
It isnt something that happens by accident.
