Books for the Ages, if Not for the Best-Seller List

posted by Blake

Have you ever wondered about the NY Times Best Seller List? Books for the Ages, if Not for the Best-Seller List : The List compiled in strict secrecy to prevent cheating by publishers and authors, is not a completely accurate barometer of what the reading public is buying, and it has generated controversy from time to time. The novelist James Patterson has more work on the list than anyone else... How is it put together? How accurate is it?