Becoming Bestsellers John Grisham And Danielle Steel Sample From Chapter 2 Of The Bestseller Code

Author : Jodie Archer,Matthew L. Jockers
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781250137951

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Becoming Bestsellers: John Grisham and Danielle Steel (Sample from Chapter 2 of THE BESTSELLER CODE) by Jodie Archer,Matthew L. Jockers Pdf

This sneak peek teaser - featuring literary giants John Grisham and Danielle Steele - from Chapter 2 of The Bestseller Code, 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.” Although 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: The Accident by Danielle Steel and The Associate by John Grisham. The 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. The Bestseller Code 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.

Author : Jodie Archer,Matthew L. Jockers
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781250088277

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The Bestseller Code by Jodie Archer,Matthew L. Jockers Pdf

"What if there was an algorithm that could predict which novels become mega-bestsellers? Are books like Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl the Gladwellian outliers of publishing? [This book] boldly claims that the New York Times bestsellers in fiction are predictable and that it's possible to know with 97% certainty if a manuscript is likely to hit number one on the list as opposed to numbers two through fifteen. The algorithm does exist; the code has been cracked; the results are in"--

Author : J. Yellowlees Douglas
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0472088467

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The End of Books--or Books Without End? by J. Yellowlees Douglas Pdf

An exploration of the possibilities of hypertext fiction as art form and entertainment

Author : Peter Vanham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119278085

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Before I Was CEO by Peter Vanham Pdf

Have you always known what you wanted to be in life? What are some “watershed moments” that made you who you are? When did you get on track to become a successful CEO? It started with three questions at Davos. The younger Peter Vanham looked to the answers from the elite leaders he asked to validate his own career choice, and the rich, private wisdom he received revealed more about building a career than he’d found anywhere else. He shares it all with you in Before I Was CEO. For everyone who lays awake at night wondering if they’re heading up or down the corporate ladder, this collection of personal stories from a remarkable group of the most accomplished men and women in business today proves everyone can put themselves in the C-suite by taking a variety of different paths—it’s all how you do it. Some found opportunity through adversity and others came by their big-break moments through serendipity. A group of them walked away from corporate life and lived in other ways and all of them made calculated moves to advance their careers. In their own words, read how it all unfolded, the tough decisions they wrestled, the risks and rewards they saw, and how it all came together. You don’t need a royal pedigree or Ivy League education to reach the top as long as you: • Value family, leave home, and make informed decisions based on your dreams • Take the first thirty-five years of your life to discover what you’re interested in and don’t rush to be a CEO • Strategically deal with failure, remember the lessons you learned, and adapt to situations you can’t change You aren’t the first person to be at the crossroads you’re standing in, and with the motivating and instructive stories in Before I Was CEO, you may be answering a young journalist’s questions at Davos one day.

Author : Lisa Adams,John Heath
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Best sellers
ISBN : 140221054X

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Why We Read what We Read by Lisa Adams,John Heath Pdf

What do weight loss, evil emperors and tales of redemption have in common? We readers have many dirty little secrets-and our bestselling books are spilling them all. We can't resist conspiratorial crooks or the number 7. We have bought millions of books about cheese. And over a million of us read more than 50 nearly identical books every single year. In Why We Read What We Read, Lisa Adams and John Heath take an insightful and often hilarious tour through nearly 200 bestselling books, ferreting out their persistent themes and determining what those say about what we believe and how we relate to one another. Some of our favorite (and revealing) topics include: --Repeating the Obvious: Diet, Wealth, and Inspiration --Black and White and Read All Over: Good and Evil in Bestselling Adventure Novels and Political Nonfiction --Soul Train: Religion and Spirituality --Hopefully Ever After: Love, Romance and Relationships --Reading for Redemption: Trials and Triumphs in Literary Fiction and Nonfiction --Controversy and Conspiracy in The Da Vinci Code Explore the nature of what and how we read-and what it means for our psyches, our society and our future.

Author : Mark Batterson
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780593192849

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Do It for a Day by Mark Batterson Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of Win the Day challenges you to adopt seven powerful habits for thirty days and start your journey toward reaching your God-sized dreams. Destiny is not a mystery. Destiny is daily habits. Our lives are built on our patterns of behavior: both constructive and counterproductive habits. Whether we attain the things we desire—mental and physical health, financial freedom, fulfilling relationships—is determined by the things we do and the things we don’t. The good news? You’re one habit away from a totally different life! You don’t have to tackle the next 30 years. You just have to start with right now. In Do It for a Day, you’ll begin by identifying a change that is “3M”: measurable, meaningful, and maintainable. Habit formation is both an art and a science, and it helps to close the gap between you and your goals. You can do anything for a day, and those daily habits have a domino effect over time. Mark Batterson will help you hack your habits. Leveraging habit-making and habit-breaking techniques like habit switching and habit stacking, Mark will coach you step by step for 30 days that will change your life.

Author : Robert Wechsler
Publisher : Catbird Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0945774389

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Performing Without a Stage by Robert Wechsler Pdf

Performing Without a Stage is a lively and comprehensive introduction to the art of literary translation for readers of foreign fiction and poetry who wonder what it takes to translate, how the art of literary translation has changed over the centuries, what problems translators face in bringing foreign works into English and how they go about solving these problems. This book will also be of interest to translators, writers, editors, critics, and literature students, dealing as it does, often controversially, with such matters as the translator's fidelity to the author, the publishing and reviewing of translations, the nearly nonexistent public image of the stageless translator, and the value for writers and scholars of studying and practicing translation.

Author : Donald Maass
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0435086936

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The Career Novelist by Donald Maass Pdf

Invaluable advice on the realities of being a published author, the best way to choose an agent, the marketing game, the give and take of collaboration, and much more.

Author : Ipidora (pseud.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600084093

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Stray moments [poems]. by Ipidora (pseud.) Pdf

Author : Stephen Brown
Publisher : Cyan Books
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1905736827

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The Marketing Code by Stephen Brown Pdf

[b]Sometimes you have to kill to make a killing[/b]Forget organizational parables, forget corporate satires and business fiction. At last a management thriller has arrived. A critically acclaimed high-suspense novel that reveals thesecrets of 21st century marketing. I read [i]The Marketing Code[/i] from beginning to end in one sitting. I had to know how it turned out. It shows great imagination, clever plotting, and a Rabelaisian scale of outrage and wit. -Professor Philip Kotler, marketing guru.Other titles by Stephen Brown:[i]The Customer KeyAgents and DealersFail Better![/i]

Author : Jiang Rong
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Mongolia
ISBN : 9780143109310

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Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong Pdf

Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia. There, he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity based on an eternal struggle between the wolves and the humans in their fight to survive. Chen learns about the spiritual relationship which exists between these adversaries.

Author : Anjali Pandey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137340368

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Monolingualism and Linguistic Exhibitionism in Fiction by Anjali Pandey Pdf

How are linguistic wars for global prominence literarily and linguistically inscribed in literature? This book focuses on the increasing presence of cosmetic multilingualism in prize-winning fiction, making a case for an emerging transparent-turn in which momentary multilingualism works in the service of long-term monolingualism.

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Dell
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307566454

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Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel Pdf

In Danielle Steel’s beloved #1 New York Times bestselling novel, two strangers meet unexpectedly and fall in love in the City of Light. As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything: power, position, and a family that means everything to him. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell’s life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband’s ambition and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows. Accidentally, they meet in Paris. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walks away. Peter follows her, and in a café in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so certain of his path, is suddenly faced with a professional future in jeopardy. Olivia is no longer sure of anything except that she can’t go on anymore. Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life’s challenges head-on. Danielle Steel’s classic novel is about honor and commitment, love and integrity—and the strength to find hope again. Five Days in Paris will change your life forever. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Hotel Vendome.

Author : Karthick Hemabushanam
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781945400476

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Muster the Power by Karthick Hemabushanam Pdf

Everyone in this world wrestles with unhappy, anxious, worrisome and fearful situations in life. You cannot axe out all such miseries permanently at one instance. You have to have the right principles as artilleries at your head to battle with them and to focus into the goals at your hand. By knowing and committing with the truths that had been revealed in this book, you can achieve whatever you want in your life. You can find your true calling and can aspire to achieve what you desire. The results are truly visible to your eyes once you follow them. Whatever your background may be, whether you are poor, unhappy, losing, stressed and struggling, you gain wealth, happiness and an exhilarating and spectacular life once you start living the truths. The words have remarkable power in it. The wisdom in this book will uplift your spirit and guide you in the right path as a compass. Moreover it will help you tap your truest potential and soar into victory.

Author : James W. Hall
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812970951

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Hit Lit by James W. Hall Pdf

DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as case studies—including The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jaws. From tempting glimpses inside secret societies, such as submariners in The Hunt for Red October, and Opus Dei in The Da Vinci Code, to vivid representations of the American Dream and its opposite—the American Nightmare—in novels like The Firm and The Dead Zone, Hall identifies the common features of mega-bestsellers. Including fascinating and little-known facts about some of the most beloved books of the last century, Hit Lit is a must-read for fiction lovers and aspiring writers alike, and makes us think anew about why we love the books we love.