In the last episode of Letters and Numbers, we asked why 85% of the top 100 "satires" on Amazon are actually romance novels. In this episode, we'll take a look at the other surprising thing those 85 books have in common: They were all published by indie authors. What are the factors that make an independently-published book "successful"? And how big a role does genre play?

How possible is it to rise to the top a highly-competitive field like romance? And is it possible to succeed at all in an unpopular genre like satire?

Join author, linguist, and mathematician-in-the-making Sarah on an exploration of the world through the lens of letters and numbers!

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The Discoverability series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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