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MihoWittmann said:

Of course it's worth tracking what's popular! Bestseller lists aren’t for you if you're looking for the best in a medium or genre. They are if you want to keep up with what's popular, or especially if you're someone in the industry who wants to see how the market as a whole is doing—including how the competition's books are selling, if you're at a publisher. So yeah, not having any comprehensive public listing of bestselling manga in the US could be a loss.



Granted, the NY Times bestseller lists probably (their method is trade secret) don't do as good a job of tracking online sales and sales through specialty stores (although the latter may not matter much in the big picture) as big-box sales. But at least it's something, and NY Times bestseller status even with the proliferation of specialty lists still has cachet. I can only imagine that a few niche titles hitting the NY Times list contributed to publishers like Seven Seas and Fantagraphics licensing more. Of course it's worth tracking what's popular! Bestseller lists aren’t for you if you're looking for the best in a medium or genre. They are if you want to keep up with what's popular, or especially if you're someone in the industry who wants to see how the market as a whole is doing—including how the competition's books are selling, if you're at a publisher. So yeah, not having any comprehensive public listing of bestselling manga in the US could be a loss.Granted, the NY Times bestseller lists probably (their method is trade secret) don't do as good a job of tracking online sales and sales through specialty stores (although the latter may not matter much in the big picture) as big-box sales. But at least it's something, and NY Times bestseller status even with the proliferation of specialty lists still has cachet. I can only imagine that a few niche titles hitting the NY Times list contributed to publishers like Seven Seas and Fantagraphics licensing more.



finnaly a sensible post... no, i don't like how predictable US taste is... however, information we got for it is what important... finnaly a sensible post... no, i don't like how predictable US taste is... however, information we got for it is what important... BBCode "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."