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''If you''re someone who dreams of penning a bestseller, read this book'' The Week

''What if the success of E.L.James and Dan Brown was not so random? What if there were an algorithm that could pick out the bestseller DNA concealed within these books before they''re published? This is the audacious claim made by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers ... Smart, savvy and full of ideas'' Fiona Wilson, The Times

Girl on the Train. Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world''s attention? In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that not only can mega-hits be explained and identified - but they''ve built the algorithm to prove it. Using cutting-edge text mining techniques, they have developed a model that analyses theme, plot, style and character to explain why some books resonate more than others with readers. Provocative, entertaining, and ground-breaking, The Bestseller Code explo

The Bestseller Code

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 6 July 2017
      ISBN-13 9780141982489
      978-0141982489
      ISBN-10 0141982489
      Also in:
      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Creative writing ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Popular psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''If you''re someone who dreams of penning a bestseller, read this book'' The Week

      ''What if the success of E.L.James and Dan Brown was not so random? What if there were an algorithm that could pick out the bestseller DNA concealed within these books before they''re published? This is the audacious claim made by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers ... Smart, savvy and full of ideas'' Fiona Wilson,       The Times

      Girl on the Train      . Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world''s attention? In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that not only can mega-hits be explained and identified - but they''ve built the algorithm to prove it. Using cutting-edge text mining techniques, they have developed a model that analyses theme, plot, style and character to explain why some books resonate more than others with readers. Provocative, entertaining, and ground-breaking, The Bestseller Code explo

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