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ResultSource is a company who for a fee who will ensure a book obtains best-seller status. They do this by manipulating loopholes in the way bestseller lists are calculated. In short, it allows authors to buy their way onto the best-seller list. While I have no direct evidence that Joel did this, he did recommend ResultSource during a conference speech to the audience in 2014. [1] He is clearly aware of their services and is not shy about recommending them. His Wikipedia article was also found to be created by a paid agency so there is a known history of manipulation by Mr. Comm. -- Green C 23:19, 13 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Thank you for the interesting find. The article currently says: "The book was on the The New York Times Best Seller list and the Bloomberg Businessweek bestseller list in 2006."

I think this is accurate whether or not Comm used ResultSource to manipulate the bestseller lists. Without a source confirming that Comm used ResultSource to manipulate the lists, it would be a BLP violation to include that information in the article. Another possibility is that the bestseller list mentions can be removed from the Wikipedia article. What do you think? Cunard ( talk) 23:31, 13 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Well I think we go with available sources which say he was on the bestseller list. Even if it was found used resultsource, he'd still be on the bestseller list, with a caveat. I mention it here mostly in the hopes someone in the future has additional information. -- Green C 23:45, 13 September 2015 (UTC) reply

That sounds like a good plan. Thank you for all the improvements and copyedits you've made to the article! Cunard ( talk) 23:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC) reply