Title Help

Jun. 25th, 2007 04:07 pm
j_cheney: (Default)
[personal profile] j_cheney
I have a terrible time with titles, but in the Spring Issue of the Bulletin, found this ray of hope: Lulu Titlescorer.

According to them...
The title Dreaming Death has a 79.6% chance of being a bestselling title!

I feel better already! (A disclaimer says this is not an exact science, but I'll cling to the hope.)

ETA: The King's Daughter doesn't fare nearly so well....must consider changing...

Date: 2007-06-25 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
Nice! Between Worlds got 63.7%. The demon book, OTOH, scored about as low as it can go-10%.

Date: 2007-06-26 12:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
WOW, that sticks...change the title right away!

Date: 2007-06-26 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
Eh, it's just a working title. And how much credibility can you really give to a blog toy?

Date: 2007-06-26 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Actually, that's the real thing Lulu uses....but they do warn that they miss a lot. ;o)

Date: 2007-06-26 12:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
But does it mean anything, or is it just for fun?

Date: 2007-06-26 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Correlation isn't the same thing as casuality...rule #1 of statistics.

Date: 2007-06-25 10:41 pm (UTC)
ewein2412: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ewein2412
awww, it's just rubbish. But I am consistent. All my noun/noun or noun/adjective titles score 69 %; the "xxxx of xxxx" titles score 63.7 %.

And just for the record, both "Lolita" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" score in the mid-40s.

Date: 2007-06-26 12:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Using the title to predict probability of success is pretty questionable anyway. ;o)

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