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   Zach Weinersmith (zachweinersmith@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2024 01:30:07 JST Zach Weinersmith

   One of the secrets of the book-writing business is how few people read books. This is especially true of literary books. Like, if the NYT bestseller list were stripped of celeb books, self-help books, and "beach reads," I bet you could get on with fewer than 500 sales per week. Maybe fewer than 300. It's astonishing to read what publishing was like about 100 years ago before mass media, when regular people would buy the Saturday Evening Post for original short stories.

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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2024 01:30:05 JST Sick Sun

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     @feld @ZachWeinersmith I don't know about today, but it used to still be curated. I remember when Rush Limbaugh came out with his book in 1992 it was very successful but it wasn't on the bestseller list. He made a big stink about it on his show and they eventually capitulated and added his book (and a bad review of his book lol)
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2024 01:30:06 JST feld

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     @ZachWeinersmith the bestseller list is fake anyway, you can game it by putting in large preorders at book sellers and then never actually follow through with the order
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     LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2024 03:55:48 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

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     Good :andyinsane: