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That reminds me of the payola concept where record labels would buy CDs to bolster first week record sales.

This is a well known way to get on to the New York Times Best Seller List.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_...

Or where Facebook sells fake likes...

Scientologists buy L. Ron Hubbard books and return them to be sold again and again and again.

which is why the Beatles got on the charts so fast.

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