For any author, being able to describe yourself as a bona fide bestseller is key to conferring your career with a certain gravitas - and will often bring you even more sales. In the UK, while most book charts are tallied by Nielsen BookScan, the Sunday Times bestseller list - like the New York Times chart in the US - has become the gold standard. But making the bestseller list isn't necessarily as straightforward as tallying sales. Not all is fair in romance and war (and other genres) when it comes to getting to the top of the charts.
An author bought his own book to get higher on bestseller lists. Is that fair? | Books | The Guardian
20 July 2020
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