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Did your reading consumption declined or increased in 2009?

  • Increased (60%, 64 Votes)
  • Remained the same (29%, 31 Votes)
  • Declined (11%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 106

Start Date: January 19, 2010 @ 8:11 am
End Date: No Expiry

Do you buy books as gifts for the Holidays?

  • Yes (85%, 516 Votes)
  • No (15%, 90 Votes)

Total Voters: 606

Start Date: December 17, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Would you remove a backlist from circulation

  • No, as a reader I want to see all the books of an author (73%, 466 Votes)
  • No, as an author all my books should be out there earning money. (11%, 73 Votes)
  • Yes, as a reader bad backlist titles can tarnish an author's work in my eyes (9%, 55 Votes)
  • Yes, as an author I only want certain books representing my name (7%, 42 Votes)

Total Voters: 636

Start Date: December 8, 2009 @ 9:20 am
End Date: No Expiry

Reader Habit for Movies and Books (can choose two answers)

  • I will see a movie adaptation after I've read the book. (78%, 452 Votes)
  • I will read the book after I've seen the movie adaptation. (58%, 334 Votes)
  • I won't read the book after I've seen the movie adaptation. (17%, 97 Votes)
  • I won't see a movie adaptation after I've read the book. (-53%, 52 Votes)

Total Voters: 578

Start Date: November 23, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Will the length of a story affect how much you will pay for a story?

  • Yes (90%, 623 Votes)
  • No (10%, 71 Votes)

Total Voters: 694

Start Date: November 19, 2009 @ 11:56 am
End Date: No Expiry

Generally how long does it take you to read a book

  • 1 Day (38%, 381 Votes)
  • 2 Days (29%, 294 Votes)
  • 3 days (16%, 163 Votes)
  • 4 days (7%, 67 Votes)
  • more than 5 days (5%, 53 Votes)
  • more than 21 days (3%, 26 Votes)
  • more than 10 days (2%, 14 Votes)

Total Voters: 998

Start Date: November 13, 2009 @ 11:56 am
End Date: No Expiry

Do proofreading/copyediting errors matter to you?

  • Yes, the book should be perfect. (64%, 634 Votes)
  • The book can have a few errors. (35%, 346 Votes)
  • Spelling and punctuation are no big deal. (1%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 988

Start Date: November 7, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What do you think, as a reader, authors should do?

  • Should an author write for themselves? (80%, 392 Votes)
  • Should an author focus on delivering what she believes the audience wants? (20%, 97 Votes)

Total Voters: 489

Start Date: November 5, 2009 @ 10:49 am
End Date: No Expiry

Do you like con artist protagonists?

  • Sometimes (46%, 95 Votes)
  • Yes (22%, 45 Votes)
  • Rarely (17%, 35 Votes)
  • No (15%, 33 Votes)

Total Voters: 208

Start Date: October 31, 2009 @ 9:57 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Reading the bathroom

  • Yes (66%, 615 Votes)
  • No (17%, 163 Votes)
  • Sometimes (17%, 154 Votes)

Total Voters: 932

Start Date: October 28, 2009 @ 10:35 am
End Date: No Expiry

Does a book with a certain locale make you interested in reading it?

  • Can make me more interested. (58%, 388 Votes)
  • Can turn me off. (24%, 164 Votes)
  • Makes no difference at all. (18%, 122 Votes)

Total Voters: 674

Start Date: October 15, 2009 @ 11:47 am
End Date: No Expiry

I'm thinking of buying an ebook reader as a gift for christmas (either for yourself or others)

  • No (58%, 339 Votes)
  • Still debating (23%, 133 Votes)
  • Yes (19%, 117 Votes)

Total Voters: 589

Start Date: October 12, 2009 @ 9:07 am
End Date: No Expiry

What Is Your Definition of Immortal?

  • Can die but not by natural causes (like old age or illness). (55%, 357 Votes)
  • Can never die. (44%, 290 Votes)
  • Can die by natural cases like old age or illness but have very prolonged lives. (1%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 654

Start Date: October 8, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Is it important that you can pronounce character names?

  • Yes (78%, 879 Votes)
  • No (22%, 245 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,124

Start Date: September 16, 2009 @ 11:55 am
End Date: No Expiry

The term "bodice ripper" is mainly:

  • all of the above, depending on context (69%, 568 Votes)
  • a derogatory term used to refer to the romance genre by people who do not respect it or read it (18%, 146 Votes)
  • a term romance readers use to refer to older romances (7%, 58 Votes)
  • a term romance readers use to refer to any romance, published any year, that contains certain features or themes (forced seduction, "alphhole" hero, submissive heroine, etc.) (6%, 55 Votes)

Total Voters: 827

Start Date: September 14, 2009 @ 2:58 pm
End Date: No Expiry

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