Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The After/Life
I found nothing out there that would show that this book is notable or that the claims of it being a bestseller in Armenia is true. Even if this was a bestseller, selling well does not give notability. We have dozens upon hundreds of books that have achieved the holiest of holies, the New York Times Bestseller status, yet do not pass notability guidelines. Some of them are in the top ten of their various lists or the main list, yet do not pass notability guidelines per . My point in detailing this is that being bestselling in any country does not give notability and that we're not prejudicing against this book because it's not as American as apple pie. Selling a lot of books just makes it more likely that it'll gain coverage. Part of the reason that bestseller status doesn't give notability is because the term is rather loosely thrown around. Someone sells 100 copies on Amazon and gets in the top 100 for their genre? Bestselling, never mind that they achieved it by giving the book out for free. There's also a big concern on whether or not the NYTB list is really all that prestigious, as several people have found evidence that the system is gamed by the bigger publishers, meaning that the "bestseller" status isn't really that accurate of a term. I couldn't find where the book had received any actual coverage
— User:Tokyogirl79, 19:08, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NBOOK (Wikipedia:Notability)