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

  • Yes (91%, 559 Votes)
  • No (9%, 57 Votes)

Total Voters: 616

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 (40%, 364 Votes)
  • 2 Days (31%, 288 Votes)
  • 3 days (16%, 145 Votes)
  • 4 days (7%, 60 Votes)
  • more than 5 days (5%, 42 Votes)
  • more than 10 days (1%, 10 Votes)
  • more than 21 days (0%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 916

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%, 624 Votes)
  • The book can have a few errors. (35%, 339 Votes)
  • Spelling and punctuation are no big deal. (1%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 971

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%, 387 Votes)
  • Should an author focus on delivering what she believes the audience wants? (20%, 95 Votes)

Total Voters: 482

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%, 610 Votes)
  • No (17%, 159 Votes)
  • Sometimes (17%, 153 Votes)

Total Voters: 922

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%, 386 Votes)
  • Can turn me off. (24%, 164 Votes)
  • Makes no difference at all. (18%, 121 Votes)

Total Voters: 671

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 (59%, 338 Votes)
  • Still debating (23%, 131 Votes)
  • Yes (18%, 106 Votes)

Total Voters: 575

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%, 355 Votes)
  • Can never die. (44%, 289 Votes)
  • Can die by natural cases like old age or illness but have very prolonged lives. (1%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 651

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

Is it important that you can pronounce character names?

  • Yes (78%, 867 Votes)
  • No (22%, 243 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,110

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%, 567 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%, 54 Votes)

Total Voters: 825

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

How do you like your heroines?

  • Physically Flawed (82%, 572 Votes)
  • Physically Perfect (18%, 127 Votes)

Total Voters: 699

Start Date: September 3, 2009 @ 9:19 am
End Date: No Expiry

How do you like your male heroes?

  • Tall and ugly (67%, 395 Votes)
  • Short and gorgeous (33%, 198 Votes)

Total Voters: 593

Start Date: August 28, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What do you do when you are in a reading slump?

  • Go back and read an old favorite. (43%, 134 Votes)
  • Read a different genre. (33%, 102 Votes)
  • Stop reading for a while. (19%, 61 Votes)
  • Keep slogging through more, the slump has to end sometime. (3%, 10 Votes)
  • Other. (2%, 6 Votes)

Total Voters: 313

Start Date: August 23, 2009 @ 8:01 am
End Date: No Expiry

Do you like the beginning or ending of a book best (generally)

  • Beginning (55%, 247 Votes)
  • Ending (45%, 199 Votes)

Total Voters: 446

Start Date: August 26, 2009 @ 7:51 am
End Date: No Expiry