Not exact matches
And while despite their often staggering sales, most best - seller lists don't even recognize their existence, the
National Religious
Bestsellers newsletter, which does, spells out what it means: «A few years ago, a religious best seller enjoyed an annual sale of ten thousand
copies.
And that 74 % increase in
copies sold makes it much more likely that the title will make it onto the
national bestseller lists.
Key to Success — 2016 Guide to Literary Agents Agents «We only represent books with
bestseller or high commercial potential (
national / international appeal likely to sell at least 100,000
copies).
Favorite subjects / categories — Jeff Herman's Directory of Agents Fiction and nonfiction with
bestseller potential (
national / international appeal likely to sell at least 100,000
copies).
Given the success he had achieved, selling 500 - 600
copies per day and reaching # 8 - 9 Overall
Bestseller and # 1 in several subgenre charts, B&N rejected his book for «
national - level orders.»
The Corrections was an enormous international
bestseller, with translations in 35 languages, American hardcover sales of nearly one million
copies and nominations for nearly every major book prize in the country — Franzen was awarded the
National Book Award for this novel.