Success in books: predicting book sales before publication

RT @dollarsanddata: For some context, the typical New York Times bestseller (in nonfiction) sells about 21,000 copies in a year. Source: h…

RT @trengriffin: "Readers tend to choose books written by celebrities" concludes the study. Non celebrity authors work around this problem…

21,000 books. Bestseller. Nobody reads. https://t.co/5aCPniNCAF

"Readers tend to choose books written by celebrities" concludes the study. Non celebrity authors work around this problem by writing about a celebrity. My Charlie Munger book has sold vastly more copies than our free book on negotiation (we bought it back)

For some context, the typical New York Times bestseller (in nonfiction) sells about 21,000 copies in a year. Source: https://t.co/u49QTtHLGC

RT @mellymeldubs: @StevieLMarsden @helena_markou US BookScan shared data with researchers in the past, and I cite a few examples: https://t…

@StevieLMarsden @helena_markou US BookScan shared data with researchers in the past, and I cite a few examples: https://t.co/soj2NlxExh But the executive director of NPD Books confirmed this summer that they "do not license data for the purposes of academ

@benjanun_s TYSM for answering appreciate it a lot 💗 https://t.co/0EWqKqviSx This study also confirms what you're saying and offers a solution of measurement. A predictive model that seems to weight print books and hardcovers, mostly. But that leaves 23

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Just stumbled upon this: #WritingCommnunity https://t.co/FSUUJJNmAK

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

RT @fishnets88: I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This o…

I'd love to see more papers like this one. It's mainly just applying data science to understand a phenomenon better. This one is about booksales and I love how approach-able it is to a novice and the effort that's put into the graphs. https://t.co/kJt0dsq

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RT @oleg_sobchuk: There are many recent papers about success in culture: what it is and how it is achieved. Many such papers come from @bar…

RT @oleg_sobchuk: There are many recent papers about success in culture: what it is and how it is achieved. Many such papers come from @bar…

There are many recent papers about success in culture: what it is and how it is achieved. Many such papers come from @barabasi group. Here is another new paper – this time, with an interesting emphasis on *predicting* future success (of books) https://t.co

RT @danilop: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication https://t.co/gK9Kq6r0GR https://t.co/vXCz5FbWvq

RT @danilop: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication https://t.co/gK9Kq6r0GR https://t.co/vXCz5FbWvq

Success in books: predicting book sales before publication https://t.co/gK9Kq6r0GR https://t.co/vXCz5FbWvq

I know some of you are working on your own book 📗 so... this could help : "Success in books: predicting book sales before publication" by @barabasi et al https://t.co/YRCPfQxaJV https://t.co/tkjWN7AAEX

Success in books: predicting book sales before publication https://t.co/gwJkIwUgk4

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

“In other words, the quality of the book failed to appeal to the readers, something our features fail to capture.”

Not sure if this is meant to be encouraging or discouraging, but it does use a lot of charts and science. https://t.co/3qPr4TpXra

RT @stephenkinsella: These guys bust out a machine learning model to predict whether your book will sell. Conclusions: 1. Your publisher ma…

A fascinating look at the data behind book sales: https://t.co/hxB9YmmM5R

Woof! "while 3 million books were published in 2015 in the U.S., just 4,000 new titles sold more than 1,000 copies within a year, and just about 500 became bestsellers on the New York Times list" @WaltHickey covering https://t.co/WV19k32Ekl

En EEUU, en el 2015 se publicaron 3 millones de libros. Solo 4.000 vendieron más de 1.000 copias | EPJ Data Science https://t.co/oFeM0O3FbF https://t.co/ADJMI7MnoZ

RT @SevincRende: Just before #NaNoWriMo >> Success in books: predicting book sales before publication | @barabasi et al https://t.co/utc1Vl…

Just before #NaNoWriMo >> Success in books: predicting book sales before publication | @barabasi et al https://t.co/utc1VlBj5n https://t.co/ShwAcxRJip

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

Predicting book sales https://t.co/YJHHzRo0zY

Atención escritores. Un algoritmo puede predecir si tu libro se va a vender ...

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

Seems interesting, bit I'm pretty sure it will fail to capture black swans

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @stephenkinsella: These guys bust out a machine learning model to predict whether your book will sell. Conclusions: 1. Your publisher ma…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @stephenkinsella: These guys bust out a machine learning model to predict whether your book will sell. Conclusions: 1. Your publisher ma…

Prédire le succès d'un livre : la qualité de l'éditeur et la visibilité de l'auteur compte souvent plus que le niveau des ventes des livres précédents... via @barabasi https://t.co/vl73eyucgS

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

These guys bust out a machine learning model to predict whether your book will sell. Conclusions: 1. Your publisher matters, go for high experience/prestige. 2. Your visibility matters esp. in horror 3. Your track record matters https://t.co/IlFKzJMq7T htt

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RT @barabasi: Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE h…

Will your next book sell? We can tell before it's published— thanks to @albus931003 , @onurvarol, @Karhe, @tinaeliassi SEE https://t.co/guzTeom1Qh We only rely on variables available before publication: author, topic and publisher. We do not read the boo

#PredictiveAnalytics to forecast book sales. Features: (1) author (Wikipedia page views, previous book sales), (2) book genre, publishing month & (3) publisher marketing spend. Forecast with decent AUC of >= 0.8. For fiction, author sales history ke

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @MattGrossmann: Predicting book sales with topic, publishing house, words, & author characteristics #SocSciResearch https://t.co/Y04PC2…

Predicting book sales with topic, publishing house, words, & author characteristics #SocSciResearch https://t.co/Y04PC2JsW0 Top-selling non-fiction books are released in October: https://t.co/vkus1HfDFg

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

RT @alexvespi: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both…

Success in books: predicting book sales before publication “Learning to Place ML approach, that can predicts sales for both fiction and nonfiction books as well as explaining the predictions by comparing and contrasting each book with similar ones” http

今日はSuccess in Artについて紹介したけど、Success in Booksについても研究があります。 Booksの成功(売上)の鍵は出版社。ジャンルごとに見ると、スリラーとミステリーは著者の出版歴。文学小説では著者のvisibility（wikipediaページビュー数）。とのこと。 https://t.co/4QmJu1XFbi

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