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                       Computers May Predict Bestsellers

   Computers may soon predict which fiction books may become bestsellers.
   Scientists at Stony Brook University in New York say they have
   developed a computer program that was 84 percent accurate when applied
   to already published books.
   By statistically analyzing literary styles of more than 5,000 published
   books and identifying characteristic elements researchers found the
   successful ones had many stylistic similarities.
   The analysis showed that in successful books conjunctions, such as and`
   or but`, were used more often than in less successful ones. It also
   found successful authors relied more on nouns and adjectives in
   describing their stories, and used more verbs to describe thoughts.
   Some literary agents say the study has no practical value because
   evaluation of literary works involves intuition and relationships.
   But more than 20 editors rejected J.K. Rawlings first manuscript about
   boy wizard Harry Potter, which later enjoyed phenomenal success
   worldwide.
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