Can quantitative analysis be used to predict bestselling or prize-winning books? We discuss this question and more with Andrew Piper, an associate professor at McGill University where he's also the director of .txtLAB, a digital humanities laboratory focused on applying computational approaches to literature and culture. This month, it's all about how data can be used to better understand books.

(Find the transcript here: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2016/2/26/podcast-using-data-to-predict-bestselling-and-prize-winning-books).

To learn more about .txtLAB, check out their blog: http://txtlab.org/