There used to be a Sunday Nation Best Seller List in the Sunday Nation newspaper that was a compilation
of the bestselling fiction and non-fiction books from Nairobi
Bestseller lists are as important as music charts in the recording
business. Charts (and awards) help establish some standards and guide both readers
and industry insiders. The New York Times Bestseller List, for example, has
been guiding book buyers for years. If a certain author is always on the
charts, or a certain book is at the top, it makes a potential book buyer
curious about that particular author or that particular book.
With no charts, it becomes difficult for bookstores and book buyers to
gauge which books to stock or which author is currently ‘hot’. It also makes it
hard to analyze trends.
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