Emanuel memoir’s bestseller status splits on bulk-sale scrutiny
The Ankler’s Andy Lewis reports that Ari Emanuel’s memoir Roll the Calls hit No. 2 on the New York Times nonfiction list, but Publishers Weekly excluded it entirely after BookScan flagged excessive bulk sales among its 17,397 first-week copies.
Why it matters. Publishers Weekly’s reliance on BookScan’s hard sales data, versus the Times’ opaque vetting process, means the same title can be a bestseller on one list and ineligible on another.
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