Talk:Bestseller

message: I can't find any evidence for the veracity of the claim that Werther eau de cologne was a spin off of Goethe's novel. Is there any referenceable authority? - 217.207.125.60 11:47, 18 October 2005 
:Yeah, that stuff is amusing, but is it "true"? It should have a source. Personally, I don't have the resources at hand for that...but I'll keep it in mind... --Tsavage 20:57, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've read this several places. On the net, you'll find a mention of it here: [] in an article by professor Gerhart Hoffmeister. I'm sure you'll find more if you google. I find the fact that the spin off industry is an older phenomenon interesting, but it hardly merits a footnote? Asav 12:57, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Werther eau de cologne 

message: I have added a paragraph with a historical perspective on the term. While I have not removed any text, I felt the article in its previous form was far too US-centered and somewhat shallow. Asav
:Whatever! ;) I stuck it in its own section. It needs lots of citation (not particularly for ME, but, um, for the Rules). --Tsavage 21:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of bestsellers 

message: I removed the move to wiktionary notice. Perhaps this is a stub, but a dictionary definition would simply be: bestseller - a popular book. "Bestseller" is a pretty big part of the modern cultural landscape, and there's more to it than a simple def. I'll add a couple of lines to perhaps head it more in the stub direction... Tsavage 02:56, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving to Wiktionary 

message: I am currently writing an essay for my school called: Bestsellers - artistic or entertaining literature. Can someone point me to sites that would be helpful? This article is a great resource btw. 
Misha 17:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help with an essay 

message: By the middle of the 19th century, a situation akin to modern publication had emerged, where most bestsellers were written for a popular taste and are now almost entirely forgotten, with odd exceptions such as East Lynne (remembered only for the line "Gone, gone, and never called me mother!")...
While it's true that "East Lynne" is famous for this line, the line never actually appears in the novel, but came from later stage versions. In this regard, it's like "Elementary, my dear Watson" or "Beam me up, Scotty" - famous, but actually a misapprehension. What's the best way of editing the above paragraph to make that clear without making the whole thing too lumbering?89.125.85.161 (talk) 00:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  East Lynne 

message: Yeah I'm pretty sure "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," would of probably been popular even without the movie. It does run under the same lines as a book turned into a movie say like "Jaws," or "The Godfather." Besides "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," recieved the lowest grade of any of the Harry Potter series. Couldn't you choose another one of the Harry Potter films like "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," or something? Thank you.-James Pandora Adams  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.126.18.254 (talk) 14:16, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 

message: Odd. My speller (Safari, Apple Mac) doesn't like the spelling "bestseller", and Google search seems to follow suit; it's asking if I meant "best seller". Clearly the article is treating its own single instance of "best seller" as an etymological archaism.
I've never typed the word before, but "bestseller" seems to be what my fingers naturally wanted to 'say'. I also want to pronounce it "besseller", geminate ss, not "best-seller" JohndanR (talk) 02:45, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  bestseller or best seller?