No bookshop ever stocked his book. So the author bought a table, put it in his kitchen and called it the bestseller table. His book is #1.
Every bookshop has a bestseller table by the door. Now one kitchen in Copenhagen does too. It has one book on it, and that book has been #1 every week.
COPENHAGEN — Every bookshop has one: the table at the front, by the door, under a sign that says BESTSELLERS.
Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book! has never been on one. No bookshop has ever stocked it. So the author, Abdel Seoud, put up a bestseller table of his own.
It is in his kitchen. It has a sign. By its own rules it is the bestseller table, and the book has been number one on it every week since it was put there.
"Every book on this table is a bestseller," Seoud said. "There is one book on this table."
Bestsellers
Staff pick! (Staff: the author)
#1#1 every week. There is no #2.
"Could not put it down." Never picked it up.
- 1
- Books on the table
- 1
- Bestsellers on the table
- #1
- Position
- 0
- Copies sold
0 people have tried to pick it up. It is still on the table. Watch the table live on BookCam.
The interview
- DNNIs it really a bestseller if it has never sold?
- SeoudIt is the best seller on the table. There is nothing on the table that sells better.
- DNNHow do you choose which books go on the table?
- SeoudVery strict rules. I have to have written it, and there can only be one copy.
- DNNDo you get many customers?
- SeoudThe cat. He browses, but he never buys.
- DNNWill you ever add a second book?
- SeoudThe table is full. It is a small table.
DNN Poll
Is it a bestseller?
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No bookshops or bestseller lists are named. The bestseller table is the author's own.