That dagger icon indicates, Bulk orders are a time-worn path to juicing sales and becoming a bestseller, despite the Times being concerned enough about this form of system-gaming to have special typographical tools meant to combat it.
The most basic version of the scheme is a publisher-or another group, typically associated with the author in some way-placing huge orders for the book with sellers that report their sales to the Times.
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