Tampa Book Buzz

killing naked roses

I read recently in Newsweek about the website www.lulu.com/titlescorer, which lets you test a book title for potential box office success. This model is based on a study of 700 books (half best sellers and half less-successful works by the same authors) and findings show that names with abstract language sell well. The model isn’t perfect (The Da Vinci Code only shows a 36% chance of success), but it’s fun.

According to the article, Killing Naked Roses scored 100%.

(Tampa Book Buzz scored 72.5%. Hmmmm….)