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Just found out our book club's most hated novel sold over 2 million copies
I was looking up sales numbers for 'The Golden Vessel' after our group tore it apart last month, and the data showed it moved 2.3 million copies. I mean, we all thought it was a total flop, but those are huge numbers. Does a book's commercial success ever change how you feel about its actual quality?
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shah.olivia2mo agoMost Upvoted
My friend was so mad about a bestseller last year, called it trash writing. Then she saw it was number one everywhere for months. She still hates the plot, but now she gets quiet when people bring it up, like maybe she missed something everyone else saw. It's weird how the sales numbers got in her head.
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christopher3851mo ago
Sales numbers just mean it found an audience, not that it's good... tons of people bought Fidget Spinners too @knight.xena. Commercial success mostly tracks how well a book was marketed, not whether the prose is tight or the characters hold up. I'd rather trust the judgment of a dozen people who actually sat down and discussed the flaws than a million people who just impulse bought it at an airport.
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