Is it possible to predict whether a book will sell well? Former publisher Jodie Archer and Matthew L Jockers, of Stanford University’s Literary Lab, built an algorithm to find outYour program can identify, from scanning 20,000 books, ones which made the New York Times bestseller lists with 80% accuracy, and one of your key discoveries was that the topics covered in a novel – marriage, work, technology – are more important than its genre in terms of predicting its success. Why?JA: If you look at a bestseller list, you might think it was very diverse in genre – a Stephen King alongside a Jojo Moyes. But certain topics were strong indicators of a bestseller, regardless of genre. “Human closeness” came out on top. This doesn’t mean romance – it could be talking with someone you are intimate with or shopping with a parent. It may be to do with pacing – when Dan Brown knows he has to slow his pace down a little bit and let the characters reflect before a big chase scene in the Vatican, his characters talk it out. John Grisham does it perfectly because in all the legal machinations and suspense and back stabbing, there are always scenes where a lawyer gets a bottle of red wine and a Chinese takeaway and sits on the couch with his female counterpart and they chew the cud for a bit. It is almost the opposite of a formulaic how-to; make a boy meet a girl, make them fall out. Related: Bestselling books 2015: Fifty Shades still on top Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended March 15, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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'The Girl on the Train,' once again, claimed the top spot on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended March 8, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' once again topped Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended March 9. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hoffman's book tells the story of a girl whose family had a curse placed upon them and whose town is fearful of what they believe to be a monster living in their midst. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended March 1, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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'Wake' centers on the sinking of the British ship the Lusitania in 1915. The book will be released on March 10. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' pushed E.L. James out of the top spot on Apple's bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.K. publishers are employing a number of tactics to garner Facebook traffic. Digiday spoke to five of the UK publishers in the top 10 to receive traffic from the social network -- and learned a few tricks. Having engineered its sites for mobile -- and consequently, social -- six of Trinity... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Recording the author’s weariness with revisions, and hugger mugger meetings over manuscripts, new book collects ‘definitive’ behind-the-scenes storiesThe door to the chamber of secrets has opened a crack, as a bibliography of JK Rowling’s work reveals insider details about the publication of her... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Tidying Up,' which gives readers a one-time solution to de-cluttering their home, has been a mainstay on bestseller lists since its publication. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended February 22, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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'Tidying Up,' which gives readers a one-time solution to de-cluttering their home, has been a mainstay on bestseller lists since its publication. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Nearly two weeks after the premiere of the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film, books in E.L. James’s series continue to dominate Apple’s chart. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cutting out the middlemen of the literary world can lead to the discovery of acclaimed authors such as Andrea BennettPublishers are playing literary agents at their own game, seeking out new talent for themselves and cutting out the industry’s powerful middlemen.Executives within HarperCollins,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'ABLES' is appearing on Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestseller lists already but isn't being published until May. It follows teenager Phillip, who attends a school for those with special powers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended February 15, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Following a record-breaking opening weekend for the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film, which raked in in $81.7 million, the books in E.L. James's series also ruled Apple's bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Voltaire’s Treatise on Tolerance is a bestseller again in France 200 years after its publication as people try to understand the Charlie Hebdo murders. The post In the Wake of Tragedy: Voltaire Hits the French Bestseller Lists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended February 8, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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