Long seller (English spelling)

Japanese: long seller(英語表記)longseller
Long seller (English spelling)

... refers to a book that sells a large amount of books in a relatively short period of time. It is different from long sellers, which are books that sell in large numbers over a long period of time. The term bestseller was popularized by the American literary magazine The Bookman in 1895, and was introduced to Japan in an advertisement in the magazine Gakubutsu in January 1914, but it was not until after World War II that it became established.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "long seller" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…比較的短期間に大量に売れた本のことをいう。長期に部数を重ねるロングセラーlong seller(s)とは区別される。ベストセラー(ズ)という語は,1895年アメリカの文芸雑誌《ブックマンThe Bookman》によって広められ,日本には1914年1月に《学鐙》誌上の広告で紹介されたが,定着したのは第2次大戦後である。…

※「long seller」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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