itโs for entertainmant purposes only content:
โIn 1983, as part of a legal argument, the Times stated that the list is not mathematically objective but rather editorial content.โ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list
There are some interesting points in this (they talk about RSS etc.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nIQztk5KWY
Happy birthday ๐