Bestseller
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| An early European best seller was ''[[Letters of a Portuguese Nun]]''. | An early European best seller was ''[[Letters of a Portuguese Nun]]''. | ||
| - | In everyday use, the term ''bestseller'' is not usually associated with a specified level of [[sales]], and may be used very loosely indeed in publisher's publicity. Bestsellers tend not to be books considered of superior [[academia|academic]] value or [[literary merit|literary quality]], though there are exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period. Some books have sold many more copies than contemporary "bestsellers", but over a long period of time. | + | Bestsellers tend not to be books considered of superior [[academia|academic]] value or [[literary merit|literary quality]], though there are many exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period. |
| Particularly in the case of [[novel]]s, a large budget, and a chain of [[literary agent]]s, [[editing|editor]]s, [[publisher]]s, [[reviewer]]s, [[retailer]]s, and [[marketing]] efforts are involved in "making" bestsellers. | Particularly in the case of [[novel]]s, a large budget, and a chain of [[literary agent]]s, [[editing|editor]]s, [[publisher]]s, [[reviewer]]s, [[retailer]]s, and [[marketing]] efforts are involved in "making" bestsellers. | ||
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A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular. The New York Times Best Seller list is one of the best-known bestseller lists for the US. An early European best seller was Letters of a Portuguese Nun.
Bestsellers tend not to be books considered of superior academic value or literary quality, though there are many exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period.
Particularly in the case of novels, a large budget, and a chain of literary agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, retailers, and marketing efforts are involved in "making" bestsellers.
In other media
Blockbusters for films and chart-toppers in recorded music are similar terms, although, in film and music, these measures generally are related to industry sales figures for attendance, requests, broadcast plays, or units sold.
