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      Re: "Bestseller"? O RLY?

      Postby Freakzilla » 15 Jan 2012 10:09

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      Postby lotek » 15 Jan 2012 10:15

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      Re: "Bestseller"? O RLY?

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      :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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      inhuien wrote::D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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      Postby Mandy » 30 Jan 2012 11:28

      How do you find out Sisterhood's ranking? I've Googled everything I can think of, and all I can find are the top 35 NYT best sellers, and Sisterhood ain't on it.
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      Re: "Bestseller"? O RLY?

      Postby Serkanner » 30 Jan 2012 14:02

      Mandy wrote:How do you find out Sisterhood's ranking? I've Googled everything I can think of, and all I can find are the top 35 NYT best sellers, and Sisterhood ain't on it.


      and it never was. The hack may say whatever he likes but the book was NOT on the NYT bestseller list. I think he guessed his fanboys wouldn't check whether it was true or not so a "small" lie wouldn't do any harm.
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      Postby Ampoliros » 30 Jan 2012 14:14

      More than likely, it was under consideration/investigation but didn't make it into the top echelon.

      From the reviews on Amazon, it seems like only the die-hard kjasf'ers liked Shit McDune Says
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      Postby Hunchback Jack » 03 Feb 2012 04:20

      I'm sure it was *shortlisted* for the NYT bestseller list, though.

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      Postby SandChigger » 03 Feb 2012 11:08

      HeavyASSBitch on Amazon wrote:It's number 23 the week of Jan. 22
      http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-boo ... /list.html

      Is that the lowest debut yet for one of these shit-squeezed-between-covers sammies? :D
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      Postby Serkanner » 03 Feb 2012 11:23

      So, according to the hack number 23 on a list means best selling? I always thought "best" was one of a kind...
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      Postby Freakzilla » 03 Feb 2012 11:36

      Serkanner wrote:So, according to the hack number 23 on a list means best selling? I always thought "best" was one of a kind...


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      Postby SandRider » 03 Feb 2012 12:29

      I'm not sure he can claim that ... I mean, I looked all over that list ... there is no book there by "Kevin J. Anderson" .....
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      Re: "Bestseller"? O RLY?

      Postby Mandy » 03 Feb 2012 12:54

      SandChigger wrote:
      HeavyASSBitch on Amazon wrote:It's number 23 the week of Jan. 22
      http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-boo ... /list.html

      Is that the lowest debut yet for one of these shit-squeezed-between-covers sammies? :D


      Looks like it only made the list once and then dropped off right away. Is that right? I don't think that has happened before, they usually linger in the top 35 for a few weeks, don't they?
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      Postby inhuien » 03 Feb 2012 17:30

      Serkanner wrote:So, according to the hack number 23 on a list means best selling? I always thought "best" was one of a kind...

      That would be the term bestest you're thinking of.
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      Re: "Bestseller"? O RLY?

      Postby Serkanner » 03 Feb 2012 18:57

      inhuien wrote:
      Serkanner wrote:So, according to the hack number 23 on a list means best selling? I always thought "best" was one of a kind...

      That would be the term bestest you're thinking of.


      Exactly. I am the bestest runner of my age group :?
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      Postby SandChigger » 03 Feb 2012 22:00

      Well at least you can still run... :oops:
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      Postby TheDukester » 07 Feb 2012 16:26

      SandChigger wrote:
      HeavyASSBitch on Amazon wrote:It's number 23 the week of Jan. 22
      http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-boo ... /list.html

      Is that the lowest debut yet for one of these shit-squeezed-between-covers sammies? :D

      Pretty sure it's the lowest. And, technically, the NYT lists a top 15 — a bunch of books below that are classified as "also selling."

      Also, it's not on the Jan. 29 or Fed. 5 lists at all. So: one and done. Not that that will stop Keith from crowing about it endlessly ...
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      Postby Sardaukar Capt » 02 Mar 2012 02:14

      It was only on the print/hardcover list, not on the ebook list. Given that it showed up 20 days after its debut, I wonder how much of that was due to deep discounting at retail.
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