How does a book become a best seller?
2006-09-06 20:24:48 · 5 answers · asked by robin 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Most of the time, a book gets called a best seller when a news orgainzation, The New York Times is the best known source of this, checks with the publishing companies to find out which books are selling the most copies in a certain period of time, usually a week or month. If a book sells the most copies or a very high volume for a few weeks in a row, it gets called a best seller in the New York Times literature section. Publishers then use this info to further promote the book.
2006-09-06 20:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually have a great marketing behind itself and when you read it you feel like someone has just steel from you few hours of your one and only life...Generally accepted does not mean valuable in the world of literature...And by all means, the bestseller is read one season, the other to come brings whole bunch of new ones... that said enough.
2006-09-06 21:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sumatra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by the anonymous masses forking over millions to buy a copy of a buncha lousy peices of paper
2006-09-06 20:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by elazrath 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it sells the most copies
2006-09-06 20:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by ginger n' spice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Popularity,sales.supply and demand.
2006-09-06 22:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Celebrity girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋