Indie publisher here. There have been strange things going on in the last year with best-seller lists, not only in the NYT but also USA Today and Amazon, often

Indie publisher here. There have been strange things going on in the last year with best-seller lists, not only in the NYT but also USA Today and Amazon, often relating to ebook "box sets" that have coordinated marketing and borrow campaigns set up around them. See the following resources/discussions: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/04/the-bestseller-list-box-set-gig/ http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/04/the-bestseller-list-b... http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,250491.125.html http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,250491.125.html I am not sure if the TFA example is connected to box set scams, though.