guess Posted October 14, 2013 Posted October 14, 2013 That was the first week. I noticed it was 7th the second week. Congratulations Brandon. Two #1 bestsellers in the same year and 2 Hugos. I guess it won't be long until he keeps a house in the Hamptons. On a related topic, I have a question about the NY Bestseller list.... Can a book be on both young adult and the regular bestseller list? Not sure if the Young Adult is there because they have lower sales. I noticed that there are 2 series by 2 authors that have been on the list for 40+ weeks and pretty much dominate it. Not sure if Harry Potter would be on both. Anyone know how sales of the fiction bestsellers relates to the young adult bestsellers in terms of numbers? I am just curious. I wasn't sure which forum to put this in. I am not asking the question to try to rain on Brandon's parade. He now has 2 #1 bestsellers in 1 year.
Mailliw73 he/him Posted October 14, 2013 Posted October 14, 2013 Steelheart is the book, Steelhunt is the codes and prizes.
guess Posted October 14, 2013 Author Posted October 14, 2013 that was a typo. I dont see an edit option. my bad.
PeterAhlstrom he/him Posted October 14, 2013 Posted October 14, 2013 The NYT created the children's fiction list in the first place because Harry Potter was dominating the hardcover top ten for months if not years and adult books couldn't hit #1. Then they created the children's series list so that any children's or YA series that has three or more books out won't clutter the children's fiction list. Then they created the YA fiction list so that the children's fiction list isn't only YA books. Basically they kept deciding "we don't want these books on this bestseller list" and making a new list to shunt them off to. The answer to your question is no, a book cannot be a bestseller on the YA list and the Adult list at the same time. The USA Today top 200 list tracks everything in one list. Hitting #1 on that list is much more difficult than hitting #1 on a Times list. AMoL did it. Steelheart was not close to #1 on USA Today. 8
guess Posted October 15, 2013 Author Posted October 15, 2013 I just googled the usa today list. going #21 is very good. Fantasy books tend to only go really high when its a series and anticipation has built up over a number of books. sounds like you guys are dissappointed. you shouldn't be.
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