I’ve spent a fair chunk of time in Lancaster, PA and if ever I saw a house and home that did not look Amish, this, bygod, is it. It’s mind-blowing to me that someone thinks that the Amish have relocated to the Land of Oz.
Ron Miller
3 years ago
Why is it that whenever I try to find what list a “best selling” author is on, I can never find anything? USA Today lets one do a search by author name and…hmmm….
Hmmm…
Still wondering why a search on USA Today’s best seller list didn’t show her anywhere…
By the same token, maybe I ought to try to get on the list! How hard can it be?
Ron: I don’t know where there might be some all-encompassing list of every author that’s ever been on the USA Today Bestsellers’ List. You keep saying that you’re searching for her, but if she was on the list in, say, 2016, why would she show up today? Do you have the location of an all-time list?
And yes, a self-publisher can publish a book 5x daily if they want. But that doesn’t mean that, like this book, they’ll garner 200+ very positive reviews, as this particular book did. You gotta give the girl her props. She knows her audience and clearly writes to it. I hate this cover and what it says about the Amish, but…credit where credit’s due.
Oh, definitely. But it’s not an out-and-out falsehood.
Zsuzsa
3 years ago
What is the fascination with the Amish among the self-publishing community? I mean, I have nothing against the Amish, but it seems like they are more than a little overrepresented in these books, and it doesn’t seem like it’s because Amish writers are churning out novel after novel.
Or is it just the part of the self-publishing community that can’t make a decent cover?
Christian fiction. I’m not denigrating Christians when I say that, but there is a huge readership for Amish-based romances and mysteries amongst Christian readers.
NinaJ
3 years ago
Most of these “USA Today Bestsellers” are simply people who are part of an anthology with well known authors. Those bigger names sell the book while the lesser known indie writers get a little more exposure from it. Though technically true, it’s still a bit of a false boast. However, I keep in mind that some people buy books in their genre purely because that little sticker is there.
I’ve spent a fair chunk of time in Lancaster, PA and if ever I saw a house and home that did not look Amish, this, bygod, is it. It’s mind-blowing to me that someone thinks that the Amish have relocated to the Land of Oz.
Why is it that whenever I try to find what list a “best selling” author is on, I can never find anything? USA Today lets one do a search by author name and…hmmm….
IDK how she qualifies best-selling but she has 160 books published since 2014. That’s two books every. single. month.
It says “USA Today bestselling author.” Don’t know how that’s calculated.
Ah, this might be helpful: https://leaderspress.com/how-to-get-on-the-usa-today-bestseller-list/
Hmmm…
Still wondering why a search on USA Today’s best seller list didn’t show her anywhere…
By the same token, maybe I ought to try to get on the list! How hard can it be?
Ron: I don’t know where there might be some all-encompassing list of every author that’s ever been on the USA Today Bestsellers’ List. You keep saying that you’re searching for her, but if she was on the list in, say, 2016, why would she show up today? Do you have the location of an all-time list?
And yes, a self-publisher can publish a book 5x daily if they want. But that doesn’t mean that, like this book, they’ll garner 200+ very positive reviews, as this particular book did. You gotta give the girl her props. She knows her audience and clearly writes to it. I hate this cover and what it says about the Amish, but…credit where credit’s due.
You can do a search by filling in whatever you are looking for here https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/books/best-selling/
The results include every year, so far as I can tell. For instance, I find books that were listed in the 90s.
In any case, if I am mistaken and she was indeed listed by USA Today as a best-selling author I will be the first to tip my hat.
And I didn’t mean to denigrate her skills as a writer or self-publisher.
Well…
Published by whom?
If you self-publish you can put a book out every 24 hours if you want.
Anthologies, bro. You appear in an anthology that was a USA Today bestseller, you can always slap that on your covers.
That would be a stretch in my opinion, if you used something like that to call yourself a “best-selling author.”
Oh, definitely. But it’s not an out-and-out falsehood.
What is the fascination with the Amish among the self-publishing community? I mean, I have nothing against the Amish, but it seems like they are more than a little overrepresented in these books, and it doesn’t seem like it’s because Amish writers are churning out novel after novel.
Or is it just the part of the self-publishing community that can’t make a decent cover?
Christian fiction. I’m not denigrating Christians when I say that, but there is a huge readership for Amish-based romances and mysteries amongst Christian readers.
Most of these “USA Today Bestsellers” are simply people who are part of an anthology with well known authors. Those bigger names sell the book while the lesser known indie writers get a little more exposure from it. Though technically true, it’s still a bit of a false boast. However, I keep in mind that some people buy books in their genre purely because that little sticker is there.