Computer model predicts bestseller titles

FROM SOFTWARE predicting movie success to a model analysis of the best chances of landing a bestseller, is there nothing beyond the reach of technology?

Lulu.com, a publishing web site set up by Red Hat co-founder Bob Young, says that Agatha Christie's “Sleeping Murder” is the perfect title for a bestseller but that strangely, The Da Vinci Code isn't.

The firm says that it built a computer model to analyse the New York Times bestseller list from the last 50 years by checking on the most successful titles.

If you fancy yourself as the next John Grisham go to http://www.lulu.com/titlescorer and gauge your chances of success. µ