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Hi Karen. Unfortunately it isn't currently possible to calculate your average rating without including anthologies and other works. I can definitely see why you'd like to do this though, and have forwarded your request on to the relevant team.
Hunyah wrote: "How many good rating you need to be in good standing author for your books ?"Hi Hunyah, I'm not clear on what you're wanting to know. Could you rephrase the question please?
Hunyah wrote: "I wanted to know how many good rating you need for a book to be in bestseller books ?"If you're referring to a particular Listopia list (such as these ones) found on Goodreads — these lists are considered community-owned content and Goodreads doesn't require any amount of good ratings to appear on these lists. The criteria for a book to appear on a community-owned list is determined by the list in question. Members can vote for books to be added to these lists, whereupon they'll be moderated by our Librarians (who can remove books from lists if they aren't factual fits).
It's also worth mentioning that Goodreads is primarily a book review and recommendations site, so we don't offer books for sale, or track book sales of any kind.
I hope this information helps!
Hunyah wrote: "I wanted to know how many good rating you need for a book to be in bestseller books ?" Hunyah: Something you might try is to go to Amazon and look at the Best Seller list for book in your genre. For example, go to https://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-b... and you will see the #reviews range from 3 to over 15,000 with most having 4.5 to 5 stars. While you can have a best seller without being in the top 100 on (all of) Amazon, check your genre and see where those best selling books rate.
Hunyah wrote: "I wanted to know how many good rating you need for a book to be in bestseller books ?"Along with what others have stated, typically "best seller" will be based upon number of sales, not anything to do with ratings.
Hunyah wrote: "I wanted to know how many good rating you need for a book to be in bestseller books ?"Ratings are irrelevant, it's about having sufficient sales to hit a list. If you want to be a recognised bestseller (such as USA Today or NYT) then you need to sell between 5,000 and 10,000 books in a single Monday-Sunday week.
For example, in many cases, I am only one of many contributors to an edited collection. The rating given to that edited collection therefore really doesn't rely just on my one chapter.
Thank you.