Ask most people about massive success in the world of fiction, and you'll typically hear that it's a game of hazy crystals balls. The sales figures of E. L. James or Dan Brown seem to be freakish—random occurrences in an unknowable market. So often we hear that nothing but hype explains their success, but what if there were an algorithm that could reveal a secret DNA of bestsellers, regardless of their genre? What if it knew, just from analyzing the words alone, not just why genre writers like John Grisham and Danielle Steel belong on the lists, but also that authors such as Junot Diaz, Jodi Picoult, and Donna Tartt had tell-tale signs of success all over their pages? Thanks to Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers, the algorithm exists, the code has been cracked, and the results bring fresh new insights into how fiction works and why we read. <i>The Bestseller Code</i> offers a new theory for why <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> sold so well. It sheds light on the current craze for dark heroines. It reveals which themes tend to sell best. And all with fascinating supporting data taken from a five year study of 20,000 novels. Then there is the hunt for “the one”—the paradigmatic example of bestselling writing according to a computer’s analysis of thousands of points of data. The result is surprising, a bit ironic, and delightfully unorthodox.
Jodie Archer Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Jodie Archer ha scoperto la sua passione per la scrittura durante l'infanzia, trascorrendo ore a leggere nei negozi di abbigliamento gestiti da sua madre. Nonostante gli avvertimenti altrui sulla precarietà di una carriera da scrittrice, Archer ha infine intrapreso questa strada. Il suo percorso ha incluso una breve esperienza di recitazione e lavori nell'editoria e nella ricerca sui libri, esperienze che hanno arricchito la sua prospettiva letteraria. Questo background diversificato arricchisce il suo lavoro attuale, che approfondisce l'essenza della scrittura di successo e ispira i lettori a esplorare i misteri della letteratura.
The Bestseller Code
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
"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 Codeexplores the hidden patterns at work in the biggest hits and, more importantly, the real reasons we love to read."