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The books are full of tutorials that must be completed on the computer.<\/li>\r\n \t
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The books are intended to be read on the computer screen, next to a code editor.<\/li>\r\n \t
The books are playbooks, they are not intended to be used as references texts and sit the shelf.<\/li>\r\n \t
The books are updated frequently, to keep pace with changes to the field and APIs.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI hope that explains my rationale.\r\n\r\nIf you really do want a hard copy, you can purchase the book or bundle and create a printed version for your own personal use. There is no digital rights management (DRM) on the PDF files to prevent you from printing them.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get a purchase order?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, I cannot create a purchase order for you or fill out your procurement documentation.\r\n\r\nYou can complete your purchase using the self-service shopping cart with Credit Card or PayPal for payment.\r\n\r\nAfter you complete the purchase, I can prepare a PDF invoice for you for tax or other purposes.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get a refund for one book in a bundle?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, no.\r\n\r\nI cannot issue a partial refund. It is not supported by my e-commerce system.\r\n\r\nIf you are truly unhappy with your purchase, please contact me about\u00a0getting a full refund.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get a refund?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I stand behind my books, I know the tutorials work and have helped tens of thousands of readers.\r\n\r\nI am sorry to hear that you want a refund.\r\n\r\nPlease\u00a0contact me directly<\/a>\u00a0with your purchase details:\r\n
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Your Email<\/strong>: The email address that you used to make the purchase (note, this may be different to the email address you used to pay with via PayPal).<\/li>\r\n \t
Order Number<\/strong>: The order number in your purchase receipt email.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI will then organize a refund for you.\r\n\r\nI would love to hear why the book is a bad fit for you.\r\n\r\nAnything that you can tell me to help improve my\u00a0materials will be greatly appreciated.\r\n\r\nI have a thick skin, so please be honest.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get a sample of the book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sample chapters are provided for each book.\r\n\r\nEach book has its own webpage, you can access them from the catalog<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOn each book's page, you can access the sample chapter.\r\n
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Find the section on the book's page titled \"Download Your Sample Chapter<\/em>\".<\/li>\r\n \t
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Check your email, you will be sent a link to download the sample.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIf you have trouble with this process or cannot find the email, contact me<\/a> and I will send the PDF to you directly.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get a tax invoice for my purchase?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes.\r\n\r\nI can provide an invoice that you can use for reimbursement\u00a0from your company or for tax purposes.\r\n\r\nPlease\u00a0contact me directly<\/a>\u00a0with your purchase details:\r\n
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The name of the book or bundle that you purchased.<\/li>\r\n \t
The email address that you used to make the purchase.<\/li>\r\n \t
Ideally, the order number in your purchase receipt email.<\/li>\r\n \t
Your full name\/company name\/company address that you would like to appear on the invoice.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI will create a PDF invoice for you and email it back.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get an evaluation copy of a book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, I no longer distribute evaluation copies of my books due to some past abuse of the privilege.\r\n\r\nIf you are a teacher or lecturer, I\u2019m happy to offer you a student discount.\r\n\r\nContact me<\/a> directly and I can organize a discount for you.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get Kindle or ePub versions of the books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, I do not offer Kindle (mobi) or ePub versions of the books.\r\n\r\nThe books are only available in PDF file format.\r\n\r\nThis is by design and I put a lot of thought into it. My rationale is as follows:\r\n
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I use LaTeX to layout the text and code to give a professional look and I am afraid that EBook readers would mess this up.<\/li>\r\n \t
The increase in supported formats would create a maintenance headache that would take a large amount of time away from updating the books and working on new books.<\/li>\r\n \t
Most critically, reading on an e-reader or iPad is antithetical to the book-open-next-to-code-editor approach the PDF format was chosen to support.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nMy materials are playbooks intended to be open on the computer, next to a text editor and a command line.\r\n\r\nThey are not textbooks to be read away from the computer.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get the ISBN for your book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, all of my books are self-published and do not have ISBNs.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I get your books for free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Thanks for your interest in my books\r\n\r\nI'm sorry that you cannot afford my books or purchase them in your country.\r\n\r\nI don\u2019t give away free copies of my books.\r\n\r\nI do give away a lot of free material on applied machine learning already.\r\n\r\nYou can access the best free material here:\r\n
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Retirees<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIf you fall into one of these groups and would like a discount, please contact me and ask<\/a>.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I have an RFI \/ RFP \/ RFT \/ RFQ?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, the books and bundles are for individual purchase only.\r\n\r\nI do not respond to RFIs<\/a> or similar.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I pay via debit card?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Maybe.\r\n\r\nI support payment via PayPal and Credit Card.\r\n\r\nYou may be able to set up a PayPal account that accesses your debit card. I recommend contacting PayPal or reading their documentation.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I pay via WeChat Pay or Alipay?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry no.\r\n\r\nI do not support WeChat Pay or Alipay at this stage.\r\n\r\nI only support payment via PayPal and Credit Card.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I print the PDF for my personal use?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, you can print the purchased PDF books for your own personal interest.\r\n\r\nThere is no digital rights management (DRM) on the PDFs to prevent you from printing them.\r\n\r\nPlease do not distribute printed copies of your purchased books.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I see the table of contents?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"You can review the table of contents for any book.\r\n\r\nI provide two copies of the table of contents for each book on the book's page.\r\n\r\nSpecifically:\r\n
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A written summary that lists the tutorials\/lessons in the book and their order.<\/li>\r\n \t
A screenshot of the table of contents taken from the PDF.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIf you are having trouble finding the table of contents, search the page for the section titled \"Table of Contents\".","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I send you a cheque, money order, western union, etc?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No.\r\n\r\nI only support payment via PayPal or Credit Card.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I upgrade to the super bundle later?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes.\r\n\r\nIf you purchase a book or bundle and later decide that you want to upgrade to the super bundle, I can arrange it for you.\r\n\r\nContact me<\/a> and let me know that you would like to upgrade and what books or bundles you have already purchased and which email address you used to make the purchases.\r\n\r\nI will create a special offer code that you can use to get the price of books and bundles purchased so far deducted from the price of the super bundle.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I use your material to teach my lecture or course?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I am happy for you to use parts of my material in the development of your own course material, such as lecture slides for an in person class or homework exercises.\r\n\r\nI am not happy if you share my material for free or use it verbatim. This would be copyright infringement.\r\n\r\nAll code on my site and in my books was developed and provided for educational purposes only. I take no responsibility for the code, what it might do, or how you might use it.\r\n\r\nIf you use my material to teach, please reference the source, including:\r\n
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The Name of the author, e.g. \"Jason Brownlee\".<\/li>\r\n \t
The Title of the tutorial or book.<\/li>\r\n \t
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The URL of the tutorial or book.<\/li>\r\n \t
The Date you accessed or copied the code.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFor example:\r\n
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Jason Brownlee, Machine Learning Algorithms in Python<\/em>, Machine Learning Mastery, Available from\u00a0https:\/\/machinelearningmastery.com\/machine-learning-with-python\/, accessed April 15th, 2018.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAlso, if your work is public, contact me<\/a>, I'd love to see it out of general interest.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I white-label your books or content?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Thanks for asking.\r\n\r\nSorry, no.\r\n\r\nI prefer to keep complete control over my content for now.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can your books be purchased elsewhere online or offline?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry no.\r\n\r\nMy books are self-published and are only available from my website.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do  your books provide exercises or assignments?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Generally no.\r\n\r\nI don't have exercises or assignments in my books.\r\n\r\nI do have end-to-end projects in some of the books, but they are in a tutorial format where I lead you through each step.\r\n\r\nThe book chapters are written as self-contained tutorials with a specific learning outcome. You will learn how to do something at the end of the tutorial.\r\n\r\nSome books have a section titled \"Extensions\" with ideas for how to modify the code in the tutorial in some advanced ways. They are like self-study exercises.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do I get a certificate of completion?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, I do not offer a certificate of completion for my books or my email courses.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do I get new books for free if I buy the super bundle?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, new books are not included in your super bundle.\r\n\r\nI release new books every few months and develop a new super bundle at those times.\r\n\r\nAll existing customers will get early access to new books at a discount price.\r\n\r\nNote, that you do get free updates to all of the books in your super bundle. This includes bug fixes, changes to APIs and even new chapters sometimes. I send out an email to customers for major book updates or you can contact me<\/a> any time and ask for the latest version of a book.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do I need to be a good programmer?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No.\r\n\r\nI have books that do not require any skill in programming, for example:\r\n
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Master Machine Learning Algorithms<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOther books do have code examples in a given programming language.\r\n\r\nYou must know the basics of the programming language, such as how to install the environment and how to write simple programs. I do not teach programming, I teach machine learning for developers.\r\n\r\nYou do not need to be a good programmer.\r\n\r\nThat being said, I do offer tutorials on how to setup your environment efficiently and even crash courses on programming languages for developers that may not be familiar with the given language.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do you cover the theory and derivations?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No.\r\n\r\nMy books do not cover the theory or derivations of machine learning methods.\r\n\r\nThis is by design.\r\n\r\nMy books are focused on the practical concern of applied machine learning. Specifically, how algorithms work and how to use them effectively with modern open source tools.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in the theory and derivations of equations, I recommend a machine learning textbook. Some good examples of machine learning textbooks that cover theory include:\r\n
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The Elements of Statistical Learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do you have any sales, deals, or coupons?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I generally don\u2019t run sales.\r\n\r\nIf I do have a special, such as around the launch of a new book, I only offer it to past customers and subscribers on my email list.\r\n\r\nI do offer book bundles that offer a discount for a\u00a0collection of related books.\r\n\r\nI do offer a discount to students, teachers,\u00a0and retirees. Contact me<\/a> to find out about discounts.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do you have videos?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, I don't have videos.\r\n\r\nI only have tutorial lessons and projects in text format.\r\n\r\nThis is by design. I used to have video content and I found the completion rate much lower.\r\n\r\nI want you to put the material into practice. I have found that text-based tutorials are the best way of achieving this. With text-based tutorials you must read, implement and run the code.\r\n\r\nWith videos, you are passively watching and not required to take any action. Videos are entertainment or infotainment instead of productive learning and work.\r\n\r\nAfter reading and working through the tutorials you are far more likely to use what you have learned.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do you offer a guarantee?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, I offer a 90-day no questions asked money-back guarantee.\r\n\r\nI stand behind my books. They contain my best knowledge on a specific machine learning topic, and each book as been read, tested and used by tens of thousands of readers.\r\n\r\nNevertheless, if you find that one of my Ebooks is a bad fit for you, I will issue a full refund.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do you ship to my country?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"There are no physical books, therefore no shipping is required.\r\n\r\nAll books are EBooks that you can download immediately after you complete your purchase.\r\n\r\nI support purchases from any country via PayPal or Credit Card.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do you support TensorFlow 2?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes.\r\n\r\nI recommend using standalone Keras version 2.4 (or higher) running on top of TensorFlow version 2.2 (or higher).\r\n\r\nAll tutorials<\/strong> on the blog have been updated to use standalone Keras running on top of Tensorflow 2.\r\n\r\nAll books<\/strong> have been updated to use this same combination.\r\n\r\nI do not recommend using Keras as part of TensorFlow 2 yet (e.g. tf.keras). It is too new, new things have issues, and I am waiting for the dust to settle. Standalone Keras has been working for years and continues to work extremely well.\r\n\r\nThere is one case of tutorials that do not support TensorFlow 2 because the tutorials make use of third-party libraries that have not yet been updated to support TensorFlow 2. Specifically tutorials that use Mask-RCNN for object recognition. Once the third party library has been updated, these tutorials too will be updated.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Does the LSTM book cover multivariate time series?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The book \u201cLong Short-Term Memory Networks with Python<\/em><\/a>\u201d is not focused on time series forecasting, instead, it is focused on the LSTM method for a suite of sequence prediction problems.\r\n\r\nThe book \"Deep Learning for Time Series Forecasting<\/a><\/em>\" shows you how to develop MLP, CNN and LSTM models for univariate, multivariate and multi-step time series forecasting problems.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How are the mini-courses different from the books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Mini-courses are free courses offered on a range of machine learning topics and made available via email, PDF and blog posts.\r\n\r\nMini-courses are:\r\n
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Short<\/strong>, typically 7 days or 14 days in length.<\/li>\r\n \t
Terse<\/strong>, typically giving one tip or code snippet per lesson.<\/li>\r\n \t
Limited<\/strong>, typically narrow in scope to a few related areas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEbooks are provided on many of the same topics providing full training courses on the topics.\r\n\r\nEbooks are:\r\n
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Longer<\/strong>, typically 25+ complete tutorial lessons, each taking up to an hour to complete.<\/li>\r\n \t
Complete<\/strong>, providing a gentle introduction into each lesson and includes full working code and further reading.<\/li>\r\n \t
Broad<\/strong>, covering all of the topics required on the topic to get productive quickly and bring the techniques to your own projects.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe mini-courses<\/strong> are designed for you to get a quick result. If you would like more information or fuller code examples on the topic then you can purchase the related Ebook<\/strong>.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How are the two algorithm books different?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The book \u201cMaster Machine Learning Algorithms<\/em><\/a>\u201d is for programmers and non-programmers alike. It teaches you how 10 top machine learning algorithms work, with worked examples in arithmetic, and spreadsheets, not code. The focus is on an understanding on how each model learns and makes predictions.\r\n\r\nThe book \u201cMachine Learning Algorithms From Scratch<\/em><\/a>\u201d is for programmers that learn by writing code to understand. It provides step-by-step tutorials on how to implement top algorithms as well as how to load data, evaluate models and more. It has less on how the algorithms work, instead\u00a0focusing exclusively on how to implement each in code.\r\n\r\nThe two books can support each other.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How are your books different from the blog?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The books are a concentrated and more convenient version of what I put on the blog.\r\n\r\nI design my books to be a combination of lessons and projects to teach you how to use a specific machine learning tool or library and then apply it to real predictive modeling problems.\r\n\r\nThe books get updated with bug fixes, updates for API changes and the addition of new chapters, and these updates are totally free.\r\n\r\nI do put some of the book chapters on the blog as examples, but they are not tied to the surrounding chapters or the narrative that a book offers and do not offer the standalone code files.\r\n\r\nWith each book, you also get all of the source code files used in the book that you can use as recipes to jump-start your own predictive modeling problems.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How are your books different to other books on machine learning?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"My books are playbooks. Not textbooks.\r\n\r\nThey have no deep explanations of theory, just working examples that are laser-focused on the information that you need to know to bring machine learning to your project.\r\n\r\nThere is little math, no theory or derivations.\r\n\r\nMy readers really appreciate the top-down, rather than bottom-up approach used in my material. It is the one aspect I get the most feedback about.\r\n\r\nMy books are not for everyone, they are carefully designed for practitioners that need to get results, fast.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I access the code provided with the book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A code file is provided for each example presented in the book.\r\n\r\nDataset files used in each chapter are also provided with the book.\r\n\r\nThe code and dataset files are provided as part of your .zip download in a code\/<\/strong> subdirectory. Code and datasets are organized into subdirectories, one for each chapter that has a code example.\r\n\r\nIf you have misplaced your .zip download, you can contact me<\/a> and I can send an updated purchase receipt email with a link to download your package.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I buy a book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Ebooks can be purchased from my website directly.\r\n
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First, find the book or bundle that you wish to purchase, you can see the full catalog here:\r\n
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After completing the purchase you will be emailed a link to download your book or bundle.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nAll prices are in US dollars (USD).\r\n\r\nBooks can be purchased with PayPal or Credit Card.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I convert my currency to US dollars?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"All prices on Machine Learning Mastery are in US dollars.\r\n\r\nPayments can be made by using either PayPal or a Credit Card that supports international payments (e.g. most credit cards).\r\n\r\nYou do not have to explicitly convert money from your currency to US dollars.\r\n\r\nCurrency conversion is performed automatically when you make a payment using PayPal or Credit Card.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I download my purchase?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"After filling out and submitting your order form, you will be able to download your purchase immediately.\r\n\r\nYour web browser will be redirected to a webpage where you can download your purchase.\r\n\r\nYou will also receive an email with a link to download your purchase.\r\n\r\nIf you lose the email or the link in the email expires, contact me<\/a> and I will resend the purchase receipt email with an updated download link.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I get access to the bonuses?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"After you complete your purchase you will receive an email with a link to download your bundle.\r\n\r\nThe download will include the book or books and any bonus material.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I use a discount coupon?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"To use a discount code<\/strong>, also called an offer code<\/strong>, or discount coupon<\/strong> when making a purchase, follow these steps:\r\n\r\n1. Enter the discount code text into the field named \"Discount Coupon<\/em>\" on the checkout page.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNote, if you don't see a field called \"Discount Coupon<\/em>\" on the checkout page, it means that that product does not support discounts.\r\n\r\n2. Click the \"Apply<\/em>\" button.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n3. You will then see a message that the discount was applied successfully to your order.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNote, if the discount code that you used is no longer valid, you will see a message that the discount was not successfully applied to your order.\r\n\r\n ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How long do books take to ship?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"There are no physical books, therefore no shipping is required.\r\n\r\nAll books are EBooks that you can download immediately after you complete your purchase.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How long will a book take me to finish?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I recommend reading one chapter per day.\r\n\r\nMomentum is important.\r\n\r\nSome readers finish a book in a weekend.\r\n\r\nMost readers finish a book in a few weeks by working through it during nights and weekends.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How long will it take to get the book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"You will get your book immediately.\r\n\r\nAfter you complete and submit the payment form, you will be immediately redirected to a webpage with a link to download your purchase.\r\n\r\nYou will also immediately be sent an email with a link to download your purchase.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"In what order should I read your books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"What order should you read the books?\r\n\r\nThat is a great question, my best suggestions are as follows:\r\n
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Consider starting with a book on a topic that you are most excited about<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t
Consider starting with a book on a topic that you can apply on a project immediately<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAlso, consider that you don't need to read all of the books<\/strong>, perhaps a subset of the books will get you the skills you need or want.\r\n\r\nNevertheless, one suggested order for reading the books is as follows:\r\n
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Probability for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Statistical Methods for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Linear Algebra for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Optimization for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Calculus for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
The Beginner's Guide to Data Science<\/li>\r\n \t
Master Machine Learning Algorithms<\/li>\r\n \t
Machine Learning Algorithms From Scratch<\/li>\r\n \t
Python for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Machine Learning Mastery With Weka<\/li>\r\n \t
Machine Learning Mastery With Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Machine Learning Mastery With R<\/li>\r\n \t
Next-Level Data Science<\/li>\r\n \t
Data Preparation for Machine Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Imbalanced Classification With Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Time Series Forecasting With Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Ensemble Learning Algorithms With Python<\/li>\r\n \t
XGBoost With Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Deep Learning With Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Deep Learning with PyTorch<\/li>\r\n \t
Long Short-Term Memory Networks with Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing<\/li>\r\n \t
NLP with Hugging Face Transformers<\/li>\r\n \t
Deep Learning for Computer Vision<\/li>\r\n \t
Machine Learning in Open CV<\/li>\r\n \t
Deep Learning for Time Series Forecasting<\/li>\r\n \t
Better Deep Learning<\/li>\r\n \t
Generative Adversarial Networks with Python<\/li>\r\n \t
Building Transformer Models with Attention<\/li>\r\n \t
Building Transformer Models from Scratch with PyTorch<\/li>\r\n \t
Training Transformer Models from Scratch with PyTorch<\/li>\r\n \t
Productivity with ChatGPT (this book can be read in any order)<\/li>\r\n \t
Mastering Digital Art with Stable Diffusion (this book can be read in any order)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nI hope that helps.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is there a license for libraries?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, I do not have a license to purchase my books or bundles for libraries.\r\n\r\nThe books are for individual use only.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is there a team or company license?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Generally, no.\r\n\r\nMulti-seat licenses create a bit of a maintenance nightmare for me, sorry. It\u00a0takes time away from reading, writing and helping my readers.\r\n\r\nIf you have a big order, such as for a class of students or a large team, please contact me<\/a> and we will work something out.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is there any digital rights management (DRM)?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is there errata or a change log for the books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I update the books frequently and you can access the latest version of a book at any time.\r\n\r\nIn order to get the latest version of a book, contact me directly<\/a> with your order number or purchase email address and I can resend your purchase receipt email with an updated download link.\r\n\r\nI do not maintain a public change log<\/strong> or errata<\/strong> for the changes in the book, sorry.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What about delivery?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"There are no physical books, therefore no delivery is required.\r\n\r\nAll books are Ebooks in PDF format that you can download immediately after you complete your purchase.\r\n\r\nYou will receive an email with a link to download your purchase. You can also contact me<\/a> any time to get a new download link.\r\n\r\nI support purchases from any country via PayPal or Credit Card.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What book should I start with?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"My best advice is to start with a book on a topic that you can use immediately.\r\n\r\nBaring that, pick a topic that interests you the most.\r\n\r\nIf you are unsure, perhaps try working through some of the free tutorials to see what area that you gravitate towards.\r\n
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Start Here in Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nGenerally, I recommend focusing on the process of working through a predictive modeling problem end-to-end:\r\n
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Applied Machine Learning Process<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI have three books that show you how to do this, with three top open source platforms:\r\n
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Master Machine Learning With Weka<\/a> (no programming)<\/li>\r\n \t
Master Machine Learning With R<\/a> (caret)<\/li>\r\n \t
Master Machine Learning With Python<\/a> (pandas and scikit-learn)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThese are great places to start.\r\n\r\nYou can always circle back and pick-up a book on algorithms later to learn more about how specific methods work in greater detail.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What books and bundles do you sell?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Thanks for your interest.\r\n\r\nYou can see the full catalog of my books and bundles here:\r\n
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Machine Learning Mastery Full Catalog\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What books are you writing next?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Thanks for asking.\r\n\r\nI try not to plan my books too far into the future. I try to write about the topics that I am asked about the most or topics where I see the most misunderstanding.\r\n\r\nIf you would like me to write more about a topic, I would love to know.\r\n\r\nContact me directly<\/a> and let me know the topic and even the types of tutorials you would love for me to write.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What books have I already purchased?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Contact me<\/a> and let me know the email address (or email addresses) that you think you used to make purchases.\r\n\r\nI can look up what purchases you have made and resend purchase receipts to you so that you can redownload your books and bundles.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What currencies do you support?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"All prices are in US Dollars (USD).\r\n\r\nAll currency conversion is handled by PayPal for\u00a0PayPal purchases, or by Stripe and your bank for credit card purchases.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What if my download link expires?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It is possible that your\u00a0link to download your purchase will expire after a few days.\r\n\r\nThis is a security precaution.\r\n\r\nPlease\u00a0contact me<\/a>\u00a0and I will\u00a0resend you purchase receipt with an updated download link.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the difference between the LSTM and Deep Learning books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The book \u201cDeep Learning With Python<\/em>\u201d could be a prerequisite to\u201dLong Short-Term Memory Networks with Python<\/em>\u201c. It teaches you how to get started with Keras and how to develop your first MLP, CNN and LSTM.\r\n\r\nThe book \u201cLong Short-Term Memory Networks with Python<\/em>\u201d goes deep on LSTMs and teaches you how to prepare data, how to develop a suite of different LSTM architectures, parameter tuning, updating models and more.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the difference between the LSTM and Deep Learning for Time Series books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Both books focus on deep learning in Python using the Keras library.\r\n\r\nThe book \"Long Short-Term Memory Networks in Python<\/a>\" focuses on how to develop a suite of different LSTM networks for sequence prediction, in general.\r\n\r\nThe book \"Deep Learning for Time Series Forecasting<\/a>\" focuses on how to use a suite of different deep learning models (MLPs, CNNs, LSTMs, and hybrids) to address a suite of different time series forecasting problems (univariate, multivariate, multistep and combinations).\r\n\r\nThe LSTM book teaches LSTMs only and does not focus on time series. The Deep Learning for Time Series book focuses on time series and teaches how to use many different models including LSTMs.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the difference between the LSTM and the NLP books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The book \u201cLong Short-Term Memory Networks With Python<\/em>\u201d focuses on how to implement different types of LSTM models.\r\n\r\nThe book \u201cDeep Learning for Natural Language Processing<\/em>\u201d focuses on how to use a variety of different networks (including LSTMs) for text prediction problems.\r\n\r\nThe LSTM book can support the NLP book, but it is not a prerequisite.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is your business or corporate tax number (e.g. ABN, ACN, VAT, etc.)","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"You may need a business or corporate tax number for \"Machine Learning Mastery<\/em>\", the company, for your own tax purposes. This is common in EU companies for example.\r\n\r\nThe Machine Learning Mastery company is operated out of Puerto Rico.\r\n\r\nAs such, the company does not have a VAT identification number for the EU or similar for your country or regional area.\r\n\r\nThe company does have a Company Number. The details are as follows:\r\n
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Company Name<\/strong>: Zeus LLC<\/li>\r\n \t
Company Number<\/strong>: 421867-1511<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What operating systems are supported in the books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Linux, MacOS,\u00a0and Windows.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What programming language is used in \"Master Machine Learning Algorithms\"?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"There are no code examples in\u00a0\"Master Machine Learning Algorithms<\/em><\/a>\", therefore no programming language is used.\r\n\r\nAlgorithms are described and their working is summarized using basic arithmetic. The algorithm behavior is also demonstrated in excel spreadsheets, that are available with the book.\r\n\r\nIt is a great book for learning how algorithms work, without getting side-tracked with theory or programming syntax.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in learning about machine learning algorithms by coding them from scratch (using the Python programming language), I would recommend a different book:\r\n
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Machine Learning Algorithms From Scratch: With Python<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What software do you use to write your books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I write the content for the books (words and code) using a text editor, specifically sublime.\r\n\r\nI typeset the books and create a PDF using LaTeX.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What version of Python is used?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"All of the books have been tested and work with Python 3 (e.g. 3.5 or 3.6).\r\n\r\nMost of the books\u00a0have also been tested and work with\u00a0Python 2.7.\r\n\r\nWhere possible, I recommend using the latest version of Python 3.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where is my purchase?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"After you fill in the order form and submit it, two things will happen:\r\n
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You will be redirected to a webpage where you can download your purchase.<\/li>\r\n \t
You will be sent an email (to the email address used in the order form) with a link to download your purchase.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThe redirect in the browser and the email will happen immediately after you complete the purchase.\r\n\r\nYou can download your purchase from either the webpage or the email.\r\n\r\nIf you cannot find the email, perhaps check other email folders, such as the \"spam<\/em>\" folder?\r\n\r\nIf you have any concerns, contact me<\/a> and I can resend your purchase receipt email with the download link.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why are some of the book chapters also on the blog?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I do test my tutorials and projects on the blog first. It\u2019s like the early access to ideas, and many of them do not make it to my training.\r\n\r\nMuch of the material in the books appeared in some form on my blog first and is later refined, improved and repackaged into a chapter format. I find this helps greatly with quality and bug fixing.\r\n\r\nThe books provide a more convenient packaging of the material, including source code, datasets and PDF format. They also include updates for new APIs, new chapters, bug and typo fixing, and direct access to me for all the support and help I can provide.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why are your books so expensive?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I believe my books offer thousands of dollars of education for tens of dollars each.\r\n\r\nThey are months if not years of experience distilled into a few hundred pages of carefully crafted and well-tested tutorials.\r\n\r\nI think they are a bargain for professional developers looking to rapidly build skills in applied machine learning or use machine learning on a project.\r\n\r\nAlso, what are skills in machine learning worth to you? to your next project? and you're current or next employer?\r\n\r\nNevertheless, the price of my books may appear expensive if you are a student or if you are not used to the high salaries for developers in North America, Australia, UK and similar parts of the world. For that, I am sorry.\r\n
Discounts<\/h3>\r\nI do offer discounts to students, teachers and retirees.\r\n\r\nPlease contact me<\/a> to find out more.\r\n
Free Material<\/h3>\r\nI offer a ton of free content on my blog<\/a>, you can get started with my best free material here:\r\n
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Start Here for Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
About my Books<\/h3>\r\nMy books are playbooks.\r\n\r\nThey are intended for developers who want to know how to use a specific library to actually solve problems and deliver value at work.\r\n
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My books guide you only through the elements you need to know in order to get results.<\/li>\r\n \t
My books are in PDF format and come with code and datasets, specifically designed for you to read and work-through on your computer.<\/li>\r\n \t
My books give you direct access to me via email (what other books offer that?)<\/li>\r\n \t
My books are a tiny business expense for a professional developer that can be charged to the company and is tax deductible in most regions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nVery few training materials on machine learning are focused on how to get results.\r\n\r\nThe vast majority are about repeating the same math and theory and ignore the one thing you really care about: how to use the methods on a project.\r\n
Comparison to Other Options<\/h3>\r\nLet me provide some context for you on the pricing of the books:\r\n\r\nThere are free videos on youtube and tutorials on blogs.\r\n
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Great, I encourage you to use them, including my own free tutorials<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere are very cheap video courses that teach you one or two tricks with an API.\r\n
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My books teach you how to use a library to work through a project end-to-end and deliver value, not just a few tricks<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nA textbook on machine learning can cost $50 to $100.\r\n
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All of my books are cheaper than the average machine learning textbook, and I expect you may be more productive, sooner.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nA bootcamp or other in-person training can cost $1000+ dollars and last for days to weeks.\r\n
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A bundle of all of my books is far cheaper than this, they allow you to work at your own pace, and the bundle covers more content than the average bootcamp.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why aren\u2019t your books on Amazon?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Sorry, my books are not available on websites like Amazon.com.\r\n\r\nI carefully decided to not put my books on Amazon for a number of reasons:\r\n
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Amazon takes 65% of the sale price of self-published books, which would put me out of business.<\/li>\r\n \t
Amazon offers very little control over the sales page and shopping cart experience.<\/li>\r\n \t
Amazon does not allow me to contact my customers via email and offer direct support and updates.<\/li>\r\n \t
Amazon does not allow me to deliver my book to customers as a PDF, the preferred format for my customers to read on the screen.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI hope that helps you understand my rationale.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why doesn\u2019t my payment work?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I am sorry to hear that you\u2019re having difficulty purchasing a book or bundle.\r\n\r\nI use Stripe for Credit Card<\/strong> and PayPal<\/strong> services to support secure and encrypted payment processing on my website.\r\n\r\nSome common problems when customers have a problem include:\r\n
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Perhaps you can double check that your details are correct, just in case of a typo?<\/li>\r\n \t
Perhaps you could try a different payment method, such as PayPal or Credit Card?<\/li>\r\n \t
Perhaps you\u2019re able to talk to your bank, just in case they blocked the transaction?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI often see customers trying to purchase with a domestic credit card<\/strong> or debit card<\/strong> that does not allow international purchases. This is easy to overcome by talking to your bank.\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019re still having difficulty, please contact me<\/a> and I can help investigate further.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why is there an additional small charge on my order?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"When you purchase a book from my website and later review your bank statement, it is possible that you may see an additional small charge of one or two dollars.\r\n\r\nThe charge does not come from my website or payment processor<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nInstead, the charge was added by your bank, credit card company, or financial institution. It may be because your bank adds an additional charge for online or international transactions.\r\n\r\nThis is rare but I have seen this happen once or twice before, often with credit cards used by enterprise or large corporate institutions.\r\n\r\nMy advice is to contact your bank or financial institution directly and ask them to explain the cause of the additional charge.\r\n\r\nIf you would like a copy of the payment transaction from my side (e.g. a screenshot from the payment processor), or a PDF tax invoice, please contact me directly<\/a>.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why not give all of your books away for free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I give away a lot of content for free. Most of it in fact.\r\n\r\nIt is important to me to help students and practitioners that are not well off, hence the enormous amount of free content that I provide.\r\n\r\nYou can access the free content:\r\n
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On the blog<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
On the start here page<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI have thought very hard about this and I sell machine learning Ebooks for a few important reasons:\r\n
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I use the revenue to support the site\u00a0and all the non-paying customers.<\/li>\r\n \t
I use the revenue to support my family\u00a0so that I can continue to create content.<\/li>\r\n \t
Practitioners that pay for tutorials are far more likely to work through them and learn something.<\/li>\r\n \t
I target my books towards working professionals that are more likely to afford the materials.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Will I get free updates to the books?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes.\r\n\r\nAll updates to the book or books in your purchase are free.\r\n\r\nBooks are usually updated once every few months to fix bugs, typos and keep abreast of API changes.\r\n\r\nContact me anytime and check if there have been updates. Let me know what version of the book you have (version is listed on the copyright page).","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Will you help me if I have questions about the book?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes.\r\n\r\nPlease\u00a0contact me<\/a>\u00a0anytime with questions about machine learning or the books.\r\n\r\nOne question at a time please.\r\n\r\nAlso, each book has a final chapter on getting more help and further reading and points to resources that you can use to get more help.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Will your books get me a job?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, the books can help you get a job, but indirectly.\r\n\r\nGetting a job is up to you.\r\n\r\nIt is a matching problem between an organization looking for someone to fill a role and you with your skills and background.\r\n\r\nThat being said, there are companies that are more interested in the value that you can provide to the business than the degrees that you have. Often, these are smaller companies and start-ups.\r\n\r\nYou can focus on providing value with machine learning by learning and getting very good at working through predictive modeling problems end-to-end. You can show this skill by developing a machine learning portfolio of completed projects.\r\n\r\nMy books are specifically designed to help you toward these ends. They teach you exactly how to use open source tools and libraries to get results in a predictive modeling project.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Brownlee"}}}]}