u/staniel_andy

I am creating a list of 250 books for each year of the USA. Since it's so many books and I have obviously not read them all, I used AI to help aggregate the list but we all know how unreliable that can be.

I would really appreciate some human review of the list or suggestions at what books need to be on the list.

Thanks!

This was a classic of my childhood. Can't believe he's 30 now 😢.

Fun fact:
While it originally sold for $30, extreme scarcity drove some people to pay as much as $3,000 in classified ads to secure one for Christmas.

I am enjoying the album today hope you are too 🤘

I built a website that archives historical best sellers, and since tomorrow is the novel's 90th anniversary, I want to create a better write up of why it resonated in the 30s.

We all know the controversy surrounding it today with romanticizing the South and the institution of slavery but looking at the data from when it launched on June 30, 1936, it was a success and sold a million copies in just six months during the Depression.

I am wondering if people here know if this mostly resonated in the South, or did Northerners enjoy the novel too? Did Northern readers just see it as a story about surviving an economic collapse, or was there a big regional divide in who was actually buying it? I'd love to get some historical context from anyone who knows about 1930s publishing history.

I built a website to shop nostalgically based on any decade you could want to shop by. You can filter by category.

Let me know your thoughts or feedback.

Hard to believe it's already been 10 years since JD Vance put out Hillbilly Elegy. It really showed what working class families in the non coastal elite areas have been going through for decades. Anyone else read it when it first came out?

https://reddit.com/link/1uh9qre/video/wt4716zr8v9h1/player

Honest feedback very appreciated.

Here is the url if you want to browse yourself https://www.historysbestsellers.com/

I think it's fascinating to learn about history through what resonated with people at the time. I put this together so you can browse top media and products across different eras. Let me know your thoughts or if I'm missing any products.

I built a website called History’s Best Sellers and could use advice how to best market it. This is a side hobby so I think focusing on one marketing strategy or channel at first makes sense and then pivoting if that doesn’t work.

The question is what to prioritize or maybe I’m not thinking of the best avenue.

The website has two main layouts. One a Pinterest style layout where you can randomly browse best selling consumer products of history. You can filter by decade, category, or both.

Then the other layout is you can also see it by a calendar view so you can select your birthday or birth year and see what was made.

I was thinking either marketing this by:

1. Posting daily on a or many social media platforms saying on this day in history these products were released. Not sure what would be best to focus on X, instagram, YouTube shorts, tik tok or other.

2. Posting on relevant subreddits and searching for comments or posts about book suggestions.

3. Trying to do a newsletter of a daily dose of history’s best products. I’d have to market the newsletter effectively maybe social ads?

4. Create lists of great products to buy for someone born in the x decade and post those on subreddits.

Happy anniversary of my favorite album 😊

I’m building a visual archive of history's best selling products. You can filter by categories like books, movies, etc. Please let me know your thoughts or what 80's products I am missing.

As an investor the death of the 60 day pass scares me. I can only come the conclusion that it did not do well which gives me an indication this past quarter was bad. The only way I can see that being wrong is if the non season pass traffic was up and season pass revenue is not usually much of the lion share of revenue.

Anyone have any thoughts based on their anecdotal experience?

I don't know if Dave and Busters has ever done this but they certainly did not do it in the recent past.

Here are some interesting things I'm wondering if anyone knows about or has thoughts:

1. "We are also transforming the WIN store into a high-impact destination attraction that delivers a memorable finale to every visit—all while delivering tremendous value to our guests." - Does this actually meany anything you think? Has anyone seen a noticeable transformation or have ideas what they mean by WIN store transformation?
2. "In January 2026, we expanded our Half Price Games promotion to Sunday through Thursday, creating a differentiated, on-brand everyday value platform with attractive margin characteristics. Early results are promising: average gaming spend has held steady while dwell times have increased meaningfully, expanding the window to attach food and beverage during each visit." - Do you believe customers are getting more time for their dollar now?
3. "We have also taken meaningful steps to protect gross profit despite higher gameplay and ticket issuance, through pricing discipline and the digital rollout of ticket management, replacing what was historically a labor-intensive manual process" - Does anyone know what he means by digital rollout of ticket management?

If you could create your own arcade game or have a game at D&B what would it be?

I would love some version of Dalgona (Squid Game cookie cutting)

Dalgona

Also I think a version of Crazy Cutters from Mario Party (image below) but with frosting on a cupcake for the dessert experience would be a really fun party game. Could be like Human Crane where it costs extra to do. Computer vision judges who was closest to the design. Then the cupcakes come out for people to eat.

Crazy Cutters