Last week on Twitter and Facebook, I asked how many books people were reading right now. I specified books that you were at least partway through and planned to keep reading within the next month. What I hadn’t taken into account: the number of editors out there — several of . . .
Earlier in the weekend, I asked what you used as bookmarks in the last print book that you read. 42% said that you just used a regular bookmark. 9% said you fold back the corner of a page (GAH!!!). 6% said you didn’t use any bookmark. The rest used irregular . . .
Last weekend, I asked on Twitter how many people sometimes peeked at the ending while they were reading a book. 67% of you said YES. Shame on you cheaters! (Ok, I secretly admit that I’ve done it once. BUT ONLY ONCE.) Another quickie survey question I asked a while back was . . .
I recently did a quickie poll on Twitter asking the following: Q. Have you seen a young person reading a book on a digital device in the past year? (where a “young person” is teenager or younger)? Approximately half of the respondents said yes: Some of the comments: “Have seen . . .
I had originally intended for this to be a quickie poll in my series of Informal Surveys/Polls About Writing, Reading and Publishing but realized that for a topic like this, there is no such thing as a quickie poll. The topic is clearly a pretty sensitive subject, and some people automatically assumed . . .
Last week, I asked you how you felt about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads. 143 responded: 64% describe yourselves as writer and/or illustrators, 31% are teachers or librarians, 11% are editors, 6% publishers, 2% booksellers. As you can tell from the numbers, some of you wear more than one hat. The . . .
A while ago, I asked how you all discover books to read. 239 responded. Here’s what you said: Q: How do you discover new books to read? Keep in mind that most of the respondents are kidlit/YA and/or publishing industry people. 71% describe themselves as writers, 16% book bloggers, 13% teachers, 9% . . .
I have a new survey up: How do you discover new books to read? Three multiple choice questions. The goal of these surveys is to help writers in their craft and business, and results are always posted here on Inkygirl. Also see Debbie’s other Surveys and Polls.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a survey (as part of my ongoing series of surveys) about book trailers and whether people thought they worked. I’ve included some data details and a selection of comments at the end of the post, but here’s a summary: 104 people responded. 85% of . . .
For a list of all survey results as well as current surveys still in progress, see my Inkygirl Survey Archives. Thanks to all those who responded to my most recent survey, which asked: Q. When making a book purchase, do you prefer ebook or print format? Of 129 responses, 60% said they . . .