Friday, April 6, 2018

Data: Here's What Makes A Bestseller

"Approximately the same amount of hardcovers are being sold today as they were in past years," writes a research team led by Albert-László Barbási. "The increasing availability of books in the digital format has [had] no influence on hardcover sales." OK, but what types of books typically take off? Barbasi and his colleagues report they tend to be works of fiction or biographies/memoirs.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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