Jun 15, 2021Indie Author Insights: A Decision Tree for E-Book SalesA decision tree is a method used in machine learning that creates a tree-like model to predict the value of a target variable. Basically, you feed it some data (like a spreadsheet) and it predicts what one of the values will be. Naturally, I wanted to use this model to…Decision Tree4 min read
Jun 5, 2021Indie Author Insights: Identifying Underused Kindle Store CategoriesToday, I’ll identify some underused categories in the Kindle store. Choosing the right categories is vital to a book’s success. Amazon only allows you to select two categories, although it also lets you to choose more by using certain keywords. …Kindle6 min read
May 26, 2021Privacy and Big DataIt’s easy to think privacy is not a concern if you obey the law and don’t do anything that would get you into trouble. Who cares if Gmail is reading your messages or Facebook saves your pictures? Why was privacy important if you have nothing to hide? However, privacy has…Big Data3 min read
May 17, 2021Indie Author Insights: Word Count & EarningsThere are a lot of factors that go into success as an indie author. Productivity is only one of them. Quality is obviously a major influence, despite how hard it is to measure. Genre, advertising, and passive marketing also have an effect. Still, writing more has to correlate with earning…Self Publishing4 min read
May 10, 2021Indie Author Insights: Word Count While StudyingOn this Medium blog, I plan to use statistics and programming to provide insights for indie authors — some general and some related to my personal career. So, who am I? I’ve been an independent author of romance novels since 2013. My undergrad was in environmental studies and English rhetoric…Statistical Analysis5 min read
