Comments on: We Wonder Who The Lists Are Trying To Impress https://booksquare.com/we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:05:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: bookdwarf https://booksquare.com/we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress/#comment-1086 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:05:46 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/10/27/741/#comment-1086 Argh, sorry, my computer freaked out!

]]> By: bookdwarf https://booksquare.com/we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress/#comment-1085 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:05:08 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/10/27/741/#comment-1085 Boy do I have dirt! Not really. But I can tell you precisely how we subit to all these lists. The NYT list is the worst of the lot really, not just because of the annoying way they make you do it, but because it seems pointless since their ‘picks’ rarely match our bestsellers. Any other bookstore questions, let me know.

]]> By: bookdwarf https://booksquare.com/we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress/#comment-1084 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:04:58 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/10/27/741/#comment-1084 Boy do I have dirt! Not really. But I can tell you precisely how we subit to all these lists. The NYT list is the worst of the lot really, not just because of the annoying way they make you do it, but because it seems pointless since their ‘picks’ rarely match our bestsellers. Any other bookstore questions, let me know.

]]> By: booksquare https://booksquare.com/we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress/#comment-942 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:12:06 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/10/27/741/#comment-942 Okay, now I have the mental image of booksellers writing really small to fit all their bestsellers on a tiny little form.

I am most amused by the Los Angeles Times list because it seems far more populist than the review section. It’s like we’re talking about two different cities in a way: one reading and buying books, the other cranky because it’s not the New York Times.

So cool to hear from someone who actually participates in the process…not that I don’t love making stuff up, but reality is a great thing (in small doses!).

]]> By: bookdwarf https://booksquare.com/we-wonder-who-the-lists-are-trying-to-impress/#comment-890 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:05:56 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/10/27/741/#comment-890 One of the things I’ve learned working in the buying office here is how the bestseller lists are mostly crap. The NYT uses an antiquated system first of all. Bookscan you can at least send through the computer. The NYT you have to write in all the books (because we don’t even carry half the stuff they list) and then fax it to them. Book markets differ per city I know. What sells big in my store might not work in other cities. The lists don’t mean much anymore.

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