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| Posted By : Bardsandsages - 10/21/2005 11:41 AM | Greetings and salutations. Bards and Sages is planning its 2006-2007 publishing schedule. We currently have two anthologies scheduled for release in 2006, Bardic Tales and Sage Advice and Dead Men (and Women) Walking. Before we move forward with more plans, we would really like to hear about your preferences in speculative fiction.
The first 100 respondents to the survey will be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of Bardic Tales and Sage Advice. Please visit the survey link below and share your opinions with us. Your help will help us create exciting new speculative fiction projects you want!
www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=578151444183
To learn more about our existing project, please visit us at www.bardsandsages.com |
| Posted By : Paul - 10/21/2005 2:11 PM | I just did the survey! Hope I win! :)
Blog - http://wistfulwritings.blogspot.com/ |
| Posted By : terrytvgal - 10/21/2005 2:59 PM | done.
Before Dawn there will be DUSK... watch for it January, 2006
http://www.noreela.com/ |
| Posted By : Bardsandsages - 10/25/2005 5:39 AM | | Thanks for participating. I'll be sure to announce the winner once we've received 100 respondents. |
| Posted By : Bardsandsages - 11/11/2005 9:55 AM | Congratulations to Barbara Tarbox of Hamburg, NY! Barbara won the free copy of the upcoming Bardic Tales and Sage Advice speculative fiction anthology for participating in our recent survey regarding speculative fiction. The results of the survey, conducted through SurveyMonkey over the course of four weeks, revealed interesting information regarding the buying habits of speculative fiction fans. Here are some of the highlights:
The first question asked readers where they normally purchase their books. They could check all that applied.
75% make purchases at brick and mortar stores
60% make purchases online
20% make purchases at second-hand bookstores
6% make purchases through book clubs
less than 1% make purchases at e-book retailers
55% buy two to five books a month. 29% buy more than 6 a month.
We asked people how they normally first learn about new books.
Browsing the bookshelves is still the biggest means of learning about new books. 72%
71% discover new books through book forums and book review sites
46% discover new books from friends and family
42% from browsing online booksellers
40% from book reviews in newspapers
Web advertising accounted for 17%
Ads in magazines accounted for 13%
Radio programming accounted for 13%
TV programs accounted for only 2%
Once they learn about a new book, what makes people buy?
63% rated a positive review by friends/family as very important or most important in determining whether or not to buy a book, with an additional 36% rating a review by a friend or relative as having some importance in the book buying decision.
A book being on the bestseller’s list seems to be of no consequence to readers. Only 9% considered it somewhat important. 91% rated it as little or no importance. Considering that books end up on the bestseller list due to book store purchases, not customer purchases, this actually makes sense.
Everybody loves Oprah, but nobody cares what she reads. 100% of respondents said television programs had little or no importance to their book buying decision. Again, it seems people who read fiction don’t care much about TV.
Readers consider reviews by other readers more important than reviews by professional reviewers. 31% consider reviews by major media outlets such as the NY Times to be of importance in determining whether or not to buy a book. 67% consider reviews on reader sites to be of importance in the process. This confirms surveys I’ve read regarding other media such as movies. People care what real people think, not professional reviewers.
People DO judge a book by its cover. 86% consider the look of the cover and the information on the back when deciding what to purchase. This means it could be vitally important to make sure you spend money if you have to on a good cover design.
95% prefer print to e-books or audiobooks
62% like to experiment with new authors
How much are people really willing to pay for a standard trade paperback?
35% won’t even consider buying a paperback unless it is under $12.
15% won’t consider buying a paperback priced between $13-$15
20% won’t consider buying a paperback priced between $16-$20
Thanks to everybody that participated!
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| Posted By : BarbT - 11/12/2005 8:02 AM | [:D] I couldn't believe it! I'm the classic "never win anything" type. I'm really looking forward to reading Bardic Tales and Sage Advice.
Thank you!!!!!
Barb |
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