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The weird thing is that I always felt that the NYT Best seller lists had this air of intellectualism about it. If you made that list, your book is popular with
by wodenokoto 4y ago
The weird thing is that I always felt that the NYT Best seller lists had this air of intellectualism about it. If you made that list, your book is popular with a more “high class crowd” than say, the number one on Amazon or best selling book in Walmart.
In reality, NYT tries really hard to reflect popular opinion and not some elite opinion.
Does anybody else have the same misconception or is it just me?
- blitzar 4y agoIts just you. I thought it was made up / pay to win - books appear to be listed as "NYT Best Sellers" before they are released and include it in their cover art.
- vjulian 4y agoIntellectuals will go to different sources, among them including international sources as the US books industry is especially US-centric. In the US, one source for intellectuals is the New York Review of Books (not to be confused with the NYT Sunday Book Review supplement). Curious to hear where others go.
- baandang 4y agoIt strikes me as a type of publishing house literary participation trophy. You either write textbooks, self publish or the author is a "New York Times best selling author".