The article critiques the trend of claiming bestselling author status, often based on artificial metrics in niche categories on platforms like Amazon. It questions the meaning behind such titles, drawing comparisons to participation trophies in youth sports. The author reveals alarming statistics about book sales, emphasizing how rare it is to achieve true bestseller status. Ultimately, it explores the human desire for recognition and the lengths some might go to attain it, despite the inflated nature of these claims.
You can now say you're a bestselling author if you crack the Top 10 in Amazon's 'Bicycle Repair for Little People' category.
Fewer than 200 books a year sell more than 100,000 copies, highlighting the rarity of true bestseller status.
We all want to matter. We want our work to be recognized, and often the title of 'bestselling author' is a way to achieve that.
Most self-published books? Under 100 copies. Total.
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