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Originally Posted by iansales  Your logic is flawed. You're saying that because some successful works are of good quality, then quality is an indicator of success. And yet the low quality of many successful works, and the lack of success of many works of high quality, indicate otherwise. In order to be successful - a best-seller, in other words - a book has to appeal to as large an audience as possible. And, let's face it, the criteria by which we judge the quality of a work of fiction are not the same criteria which lead to across the board success. |
Obviously plenty of people thought it was good or better than good for it to be successful in the first place. Success is an indicator of quality, but it helps those who aren't successful to think that it isn't.