The Bestseller Code

Name: The Bestseller Code
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141982489
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By Matthew Jockers and Jodie Archer

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Summary

The Bestseller Code by Matthew Jockers and Jodie Archer explores the intriguing world of what makes a book a bestseller using advanced text-mining technology. The authors analyse various text elements and patterns across thousands of novels to uncover the secrets behind successful publishing. This fascinating study offers insights into the literary themes, character traits, and narrative styles that resonate most with readers.
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This book may appeal to you if you are intrigued by the art and science behind bestselling novels. Using innovative analysis and data mining, it explores what makes some books instant hits while others languish, offering fascinating insights into literary trends and the secrets of popular storytelling.

The Bestseller Code

Description

What if an algorithm could predict which manuscripts would become mega-bestsellers?

Girl on the Train. Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world's attention? What secret DNA do they share? In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that blockbuster hits are highly predictable, and they have created 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 explores the hidden patterns at work in the biggest hits and, more importantly, the real reasons we love to read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141982489

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 194g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference Jodie Archer Matthew Jockers Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Matthew Jockers (Author) Matthew L. Jockers was the co-founder of Stanford University's Literary Lab in Silicon Valley. His digital humanities work has been profiled in The New York Times, the LA Review of Books and more. He is Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Jodie Archer (Author) Jodie Archer bought and edited books for Penguin UK before she decamped for the doctoral program in English at Stanford University. After her PhD, she worked at Apple as their research lead on literature. She is now a full-time writer.