Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

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The result was delete. Puff piece for non-notable book. Bishonen | talk 11:47, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

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Non-notable book, it was only published less than a week ago. Basically an advertisement/puff piece for the book that reposts its blurb. At best it is far too soon to show that the book is notable. Mabalu (talk) 10:25, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – does not meet WP:NBOOK at this time. Author has no article so a redirect is implausible.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 02:02, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The book blurb in the reception section wouldn't be able to give notability for two reasons. The first is that the book's author works for Google and as such, anything written by them or their employees would be seen as a WP:PRIMARY source because it's in their best interests to say nice things about their own employees as it makes them look better. The second is that book blurbs are just short statements that are solicited by the author and/or publisher and are intended to be placed on the book jacket or publicity material to boost sales. Books just plain sell better with endorsements and the thing about these blurbs is that they're not part of a longer review and are just a sentence (or two if they're especially lengthy) written explicitly to promote the work at hand. So far I'm not finding anything, but I'll try searching a few more databases before making a final decision. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:25, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Those other database searches didn't take long because there's just nothing out there. I found a mention here, where the author was supposed to talk at an event, but it doesn't seem like any further publicity came from that appearance. It might gain more coverage in the future as this work was released about a week ago, but right now it's just too soon for an article. I have no objection to recreation if/when those sources come about. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:29, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Here are some sources about the subject:
1. McMahon, Barbara (2017-03-28). "The man who invented a happiness algorithm - and learnt to cope with his son's sudden death - Mo Gawdat thought he had unearthed the secret of unalloyed joy. Then his child died and his theory was sorely tested, he tells Barbara McMahon". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  The article notes:
2. Shaffi, Sarah (2015-04-28). "Bluebird buys happiness book by Google's Mo". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  The article notes:
3. Deahl, Rachel (2015-04-16). "London Book Fair 2015: The Buzz Books of the Show". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  The article notes:
4. Deahl, Rachel; Swanson, Clare (2015-03-27). "London Briefcase 2015: What U.S. Agencies Will be Selling". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
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5. Maughan, Shannon (2017-02-03). "Spring 2017 Audio Announcements". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
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This is likely not enough to establish notability for the book yet. However, the book's author, Mo Gawdat, is notable based on the articles about him such as The Times article I linked above. If an article for Mo Gawdat were to be created, this book article could be merged to his article.
Cunard (talk) 04:45, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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