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How are books chosen to be New York Times Best Sellers?

It is not from sales because some are on the list the first day they are being sold. Who decides?

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1. Ah I think it is from sales, thus the name...Best Sellers List!!
2. "Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 20, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide. […] A dagger (+)indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders." Straight from the NY Times today. The "bulk orders" would explain how a book can be on sale for less than a day and still be on the list, I'd imagine. The NY Times would there be counting the wholesalers' tallies for the books shipped.
3. Straight from the NY Times today. The "bulk orders" would explain how a book can be on sale for less than a day and still be on the list, I'd imagine. The NY Times would there be counting the wholesalers' tallies for the books shipped.Bestsellers essentially are the boos which sell the most number of books but the NY Times takes into account the nunber of copies ordered by the wholesaers and not the number of copies bought by the readers.