Amazon best sellers-- a gamable system
A picture of the author's foot and three sales = "best seller". Definitely funny, though I have no idea whether amazon bestsellers are mostly low quality.
When a measurement becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
That being said, apparently the New York Times Bestseller list is bad but not totally useless.
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When a measurement becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
That being said, apparently the New York Times Bestseller list is bad but not totally useless.
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