pollsarchive
Do proofreading/copyediting errors matter to you?
- Yes, the book should be perfect. (50%, 1 Votes)
- The book can have a few errors. (50%, 1 Votes)
- Spelling and punctuation are no big deal. (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 2
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%, 351 Votes)
- Should an author focus on delivering what she believes the audience wants? (20%, 88 Votes)
Total Voters: 439
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 (67%, 602 Votes)
- No (17%, 154 Votes)
- Sometimes (16%, 149 Votes)
Total Voters: 905
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%, 385 Votes)
- Can turn me off. (25%, 164 Votes)
- Makes no difference at all. (17%, 120 Votes)
Total Voters: 669
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 (60%, 337 Votes)
- Still debating (23%, 128 Votes)
- Yes (17%, 95 Votes)
Total Voters: 560
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). (54%, 352 Votes)
- Can never die. (44%, 287 Votes)
- Can die by natural cases like old age or illness but have very prolonged lives. (2%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 646
Start Date: October 8, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Is it important that you can pronounce character names?
- Yes (78%, 861 Votes)
- No (22%, 241 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,102
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%, 53 Votes)
Total Voters: 824
Start Date: September 14, 2009 @ 2:58 pm
End Date: No Expiry
How do you like your heroines?
- Physically Flawed (82%, 571 Votes)
- Physically Perfect (18%, 122 Votes)
Total Voters: 693
Start Date: September 3, 2009 @ 9:19 am
End Date: No Expiry
How do you like your male heroes?
- Tall and ugly (67%, 393 Votes)
- Short and gorgeous (33%, 195 Votes)
Total Voters: 588
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 (56%, 245 Votes)
- Ending (44%, 193 Votes)
Total Voters: 438
Start Date: August 26, 2009 @ 7:51 am
End Date: No Expiry
What reasons do old favorite books not work for you anymore?
- Changes in your tastes (29%, 158 Votes)
- What you know now that you didn't then (25%, 138 Votes)
- Changes in your sensibilities (24%, 135 Votes)
- Change in your age (14%, 75 Votes)
- Other (8%, 47 Votes)
Total Voters: 553
Start Date: August 20, 2009 @ 9:19 am
End Date: No Expiry
Are older heroines under-represented in the romance genre?
- Yes (86%, 172 Votes)
- No (14%, 29 Votes)
Total Voters: 201
Start Date: August 17, 2009 @ 11:39 am
End Date: No Expiry
