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Title: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
Post by: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on July 27, 2020, 05:27:28 AM

Was he buying for his overseas readers?  :icon_think:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/22/author-loses-spot-in-top-10-bought-400-copies-of-his-own-book-mark-dawson-the-cleaner

Title: Re: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
Post by: Luke Everhart on July 27, 2020, 05:33:47 AM

Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on July 27, 2020, 05:27:28 AM

Was he buying for his overseas readers?  :icon_think:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/22/author-loses-spot-in-top-10-bought-400-copies-of-his-own-book-mark-dawson-the-cleaner

He was, yes; but, also was explicit in his podcast that he wanted to bump his rank into the top 10. There's a thread in the 'black lagoon' where people posted about it. Most aren't very happy with him.

Title: Re: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
Post by: JRTomlin on July 27, 2020, 08:24:16 AM

🤦

Title: Re: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
Post by: TimothyEllis on July 27, 2020, 10:20:34 AM

This topic is already under discussion in the Black Lagoon.

https://writersanctum.com/index.php?topic=3837.0 (https://writersanctum.com/index.php?topic=3837.0)