I’d consider the BookTok / decline in number of authors on the bestseller list correlation to be a bit of a red herring. Post-covid the publishing industry is putting their collective resources towards fewer titles - in their eyes, better to try and push a few titles to be massive hits, rather than spread people/time/money across many small hits which leads to fewer authors getting a real crack at making the list
Not to take away from Dua Lipa, but The Vanishing Half should probably be labeled a GMA book club pick since that’s probably where it picked up a lot of these readers! 🧐
Don't forget the Andrew Luck Book Club!
You know, I did forget about Andrew....the editor regrets the error
Can I be a Read with Joe pick and if so can the sticker on the cover be your face
The Ridker Sellers have joined the chat! And…maybe
I’d consider the BookTok / decline in number of authors on the bestseller list correlation to be a bit of a red herring. Post-covid the publishing industry is putting their collective resources towards fewer titles - in their eyes, better to try and push a few titles to be massive hits, rather than spread people/time/money across many small hits which leads to fewer authors getting a real crack at making the list
Very interesting! Not quite as fun of a narrative though…
Not to take away from Dua Lipa, but The Vanishing Half should probably be labeled a GMA book club pick since that’s probably where it picked up a lot of these readers! 🧐