Date: July 2nd, 2026 11:52 AM Author: Chartreuse Infuriating Circlehead
a friend of mine is a 'nytimes best-seller' from the mid 2000's
he said there was a company called 'results guaranteed'...lol...that you'd pay and they'd strategically buy up books from all around the country to generate the distributed sales #'s to game it
once you're on the list, you just use that to market the book / yourself
Date: July 2nd, 2026 12:22 PM Author: Chartreuse Infuriating Circlehead
less than you'd think if you're just trying to make the list one week, and not be #1
idk how amazon changed things, but I recall him telling me at the time this company knew which bookstores to buy at, and they all got sent to storage for him to use as like a personal stash to sign / re-sell / gift / throw away