Planet Money - How to make a BOOK into a bestseller
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A publisher had Jean Shepherd and a ghostwriter publish I, Libertine under Frederick R. Ewing's name.
Valley of the Dolls reached number one on The New York Times bestseller list.
Preordered books count toward first-week sales for bestseller lists.
The New York Times bestseller list is based on weekly surveys of tens of thousands of bookstores.
Jean Shepherd's listeners created the fake book title I, Libertine during an overnight radio call-in.
Jacqueline Susann bought books from New York Times-reporting retailers to boost first-week sales.
Valley of the Dolls held the Guinness record for best-selling novel of all time.
Jacqueline Susann cultivated booksellers to identify stores reporting sales to The New York Times.
William Peter Blatty alleged The New York Times exclusion cost him millions in profits.
New York Times book critics are not involved in compiling the bestseller list.
Planet Money launched a 12-city book tour at 92nd Street Y in New York.
The Planet Money book launched at bookstores around the country on April 7.
The Planet Money book reached number three on The New York Times print hardcover nonfiction bestseller list.
Publishers can keep advertising books as New York Times bestsellers after the list appearance.
Hardcover author royalties often amount to a few dollars per copy.
The New York Times does not publicly identify bookstores surveyed for its bestseller list.
The New York Times national bestseller list began in the 1940s.
Jean Shepherd invented the fake author Frederick R. Ewing for I, Libertine.
Jacqueline Susann's debut novel Valley of the Dolls was published in 1966.
William Peter Blatty wrote the 1971 novel The Exorcist.
William Peter Blatty published The Exorcist sequel Legion in the early 1980s.
William Peter Blatty sued The New York Times after Legion missed its bestseller list.
Courts ruled The New York Times bestseller list is First Amendment-protected editorial content.
The Discipline of Market Leaders was published in 1995.
The Discipline of Market Leaders authors bought copies of their own book to boost bestseller-list rankings.
The New York Times introduced dagger symbols for bulk-purchased bestseller entries in 1995.
The New York Times marks bulk-purchased bestseller entries with a dagger symbol.
The New York Times bestseller list uses confidential reporting from booksellers.
NPR's Planet Money released its first-ever book.
Book sales typically rise after publication and then decline over time.
Literary agents usually receive about 15% commission on book advances.
Authors typically receive royalties only after book sales earn out their advance.
Most books do not earn out their author advances.
The New York Times bestseller list is not determined solely by total book sales.