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author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
« on: July 27, 2020, 05:27:28 AM »
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Re: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2020, 08:24:16 AM »
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Re: author loses top spot after buying 400 copies of his own book
« Reply #3 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
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