{"product_id":"9781250137951","title":"Becoming Bestsellers: John Grisham and Danielle Steel (Sample from Chapter 2 of THE BESTSELLER CODE)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis sneak peek teaser - featuring literary giants John Grisham and Danielle Steele  - from Chapter 2 of \u003ci\u003eThe Bestseller Code\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking book about what a computer algorithm can teach us about blockbuster books, stories, and reading, reveals the importance of topic and theme in bestselling fiction according to percentages assigned by what the authors refer to as the “bestseller-ometer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 55,000 novels are published every year, only about 200 hit the lists, a commercial success rate of less than half a percent. When the computer was asked to “blindly” select the most likely bestsellers out of 5,000 books published over the past thirty years based only on theme, it discovered two possible candidates: \u003ci\u003eThe Accident\u003c\/i\u003e by Danielle Steel and \u003ci\u003eThe Associate \u003c\/i\u003eby John Grisham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe computer recognized quantifiable patterns in their seemingly opposite, but undeniably successful writing careers with legal thrillers and romance. In Chapter 2, Archer and Jockers analyze this data and divulge the most and least likely to best sell topics and themes in fiction with a human discussion of the “why” behind these results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bestseller Code \u003c\/i\u003e is a big-idea book about the relationship between creativity and technology. At heart it is a celebration of books for readers and writers—a compelling investigation into how successful writing works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147211587824,"sku":"9781250137951","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250137951_p0.jpg?v=1763702804","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250137951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}