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There are statistical methods to fix the algorithm. How Not To Sort By Average Rating[0] reviews a couple of the typical ranking 'algorithms' and presents a much better option. There was a thread[1] about this article last year.

[0]: http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9855784

How does that apply here? The best-seller tag is applied to books that have the most sales.

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