For years conservative authors and publishers have thrived on stories about how their books should rank higher on the NYT bestseller list and it’s rigged against their titles (except when they’re at the top). Now Regnery Publishing has declared that it will no longer bill its authors at “New York Times bestsellers” on their book jackets and won’t pay author bonuses based on the paper’s rankings — generating one final round of stories about the decision. Regnery president Marji Ross wrote to authors, “Increasingly, it appears that the Times has gathered book sale data in a manner which prioritizes liberal-themed books […]
