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

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HeavyASSBitch on Amazon wrote:It's number 23 the week of Jan. 22
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-boo ... /list.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Is that the lowest debut yet for one of these shit-squeezed-between-covers sammies? :D
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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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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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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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SandChigger wrote:
HeavyASSBitch on Amazon wrote:It's number 23 the week of Jan. 22
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-boo ... /list.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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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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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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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Well at least you can still run... :oops:
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SandChigger wrote:
HeavyASSBitch on Amazon wrote:It's number 23 the week of Jan. 22
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-boo ... /list.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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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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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