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Article: NY Times' best-seller lists get longer; Sunday Book Review separates paperbacks, ranks 40 more titles in ad-driven move.(News)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- September 24, 2007
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Byline: Matthew Flamm
The new york times Book Review is redefining and expanding its best-seller lists.
On Sunday, the Book Review launched two separate lists for paperback fiction: one for mass market titles and one for the larger, more expensive trade paperback format. The Book Review will continue to rank nonfiction paperbacks on one list.
Each paperback list will run 20 titles, up from 15 in the current arrangement. Both the hardcover and paperback lists in the Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous category will also expand, going to 10 titles each from five. The changes were part of a redesign of the section.
The changes to the Book ...