Seriously, just what does it take to be able to call yourself a New York Times bestselling author? I’m curious to see what the qualifications are. Who knows, perhaps I’m eligible.
Waffles
10 years ago
To qualify you need to Sell about 9000 copies of your book in one week. So, if you have the cash you can buy your way on, for something like $100,000. You can buy them all yourself of course, or just have that many shipped in bulk.
I am reading about it now, as I noticed that as well and was wondering. Of course it costs nothing to just write that on your cover, providing no one checks up on it.
Side Note; I did Check. There is an Alina Adams on the list. October 7th, 2007.
In a book called JONATHAN’S STORY. Which is about a Guiding Light Character of all things. It was written by Julia London (With Alina Adams), so take what you will from that.
gp
10 years ago
Evidently, this book was first published in 1998 by Avon, available as a mass market paperback. The original cover didn’t look much better. That’s where the 17 reviews at Amazon came from, even though the Kindle edition, published August 4, has no sales rank. The mass market has 62 copies selling used for as little as a penny, yet still has a rank in the 3,000,000’s presently. Apparently, it was just this one book in the author’s name. Gotta check out the first line of the bio.
At least these characters have facial expressions. So often it’s just a blank stare.
Actually, I had two NYT best-sellers, “Jonathan’s Story” and “Oakdale Confidential.” I’ve also written an Amazon best-selling Figure Skating Mystery series and several other contemporary and Regency romances for Berkley, Dell, Pocket, etc…. The original cover of “Annie’s Wild Ride” had a pink duck on the cover (okay, it was supposed to be a merry-go-round swan), so you have no idea what an improvement this cover is.
Thanks for taking an interest, I love these snarky sites myself!
Seriously, just what does it take to be able to call yourself a New York Times bestselling author? I’m curious to see what the qualifications are. Who knows, perhaps I’m eligible.
To qualify you need to Sell about 9000 copies of your book in one week. So, if you have the cash you can buy your way on, for something like $100,000. You can buy them all yourself of course, or just have that many shipped in bulk.
I am reading about it now, as I noticed that as well and was wondering. Of course it costs nothing to just write that on your cover, providing no one checks up on it.
Side Note; I did Check. There is an Alina Adams on the list. October 7th, 2007.
In a book called JONATHAN’S STORY. Which is about a Guiding Light Character of all things. It was written by Julia London (With Alina Adams), so take what you will from that.
Evidently, this book was first published in 1998 by Avon, available as a mass market paperback. The original cover didn’t look much better. That’s where the 17 reviews at Amazon came from, even though the Kindle edition, published August 4, has no sales rank. The mass market has 62 copies selling used for as little as a penny, yet still has a rank in the 3,000,000’s presently. Apparently, it was just this one book in the author’s name. Gotta check out the first line of the bio.
At least these characters have facial expressions. So often it’s just a blank stare.
Actually, I had two NYT best-sellers, “Jonathan’s Story” and “Oakdale Confidential.” I’ve also written an Amazon best-selling Figure Skating Mystery series and several other contemporary and Regency romances for Berkley, Dell, Pocket, etc…. The original cover of “Annie’s Wild Ride” had a pink duck on the cover (okay, it was supposed to be a merry-go-round swan), so you have no idea what an improvement this cover is.
Thanks for taking an interest, I love these snarky sites myself!
Alina