Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers.
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- noun A
book or other product that hassold in large numbers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a book that has had a large and rapid sale
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Examples
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STEVE INSKEEP, host: Those who enjoyed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" may be interested to know that a new foreign bestseller is headed to America.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host: Those who enjoyed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" may be interested to know that a new foreign bestseller is headed to America.
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[T] he engrossing second entry in bestseller Twelve Hawks's Fourth Realm trilogy ...
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His publisher says that theThe Whole Truth, a No. 1 bestseller, is his “first international thriller.”
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STEVE INSKEEP, host: Those who enjoyed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" may be interested to know that a new foreign bestseller is headed to America.
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If fear of criticism puts you off, then lock your pen and paper in the drawer and give up now, because nobody, be they just starting, or a New York Times bestseller, is immune from criticism.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host: Those who enjoyed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" may be interested to know that a new foreign bestseller is headed to America.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host: Those who enjoyed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" may be interested to know that a new foreign bestseller is headed to America.
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The numbers speak for themselves: a YA bestseller is likely to be moving ten times as many copies as an adult SF title occupying the comparable slot on the grownup list.
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The Guardian: Believe it or not: the sceptics beat God in bestseller battle
August 2007 2007
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