Friday 11 March 2011

NYT Best Sellers The Week in Review section in the NYT had an article this morning on Wiesel's Nightbeing taken off the best seller list after a run of...

I wonder
if there's a way to somehow differentiate between what's selling only "today" and
what's been selling over time.  Perhaps two lists.  The logistics escape me at the moment, but
I'm confident it could be cone.  Would it?  I doubt it.  The purpose of such lists is typically
not only to reflect sales but also to generate them.  To that extent, these lists may be more
of an accurate reflection of what people are buying rather than what they're
reading.

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