Reader survey

kcmay · 01-20-2011, 11:52 AM

I've created a single-question survey of people's reading habits. If you have a sec, please visit http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BRYFD7S2W and select your answer(s).

Thanks!

jocampo · 01-20-2011, 01:33 PM

You can do the same here, inside mobileread website via poll. Just my 2 cents.

kcmay · 01-20-2011, 02:51 PM

I'm collecting responses from people on all the forums & social networking sites I visit -- wanted a broader picture.

natasha_fawn · 01-20-2011, 10:02 PM

What kind of project is the data for?

wvcherrybomb · 01-21-2011, 12:23 AM

I tried. It said the site was down for maintenence.

patrickt · 01-21-2011, 04:46 AM

I suspect people lie as much about how much they read as they do about how much television they watch. People I know report reading all the time although no one ever sees them reading and the same people never ever watch television.

I was invited to a dinner party where I knew the people but not well. As we ate I noticed people quit talking and were eating faster. I asked the woman on my right if something was happening. "Oh, yes, the Sopranos starts in five minutes." I watched astounded as everyone moved into the livingroom to watch the Sopranos. I moved out to the patio and read my book.

And you won't believe this but that television program was not about opera.

James_Wilde · 01-21-2011, 09:21 AM

Why the sudden addition of "but not self-published" in the question about several genres and authors, KC? I had to create an "Other" entry to handle my preference, since I read several genres and authors and have nothing against self-published.

Well, I wouldn't, would I?

Mike L · 01-21-2011, 09:54 AM

Happy to answer the question.

If you're planning to use this research for anything serious (like deciding whether to write or publish a book), I hope you'll keep in mind that you have a very biased sample, especially as it's completely self-selected.

Anthem · 01-21-2011, 10:12 AM

Hope my increasingly irrelevant response to your survey helps in some way.

Interestingly, I don't discriminate based on how the book was selected and published but the number of self published novels I have read can basically be counted on one foot. And that, despite my wide ranging and abhorrently eclectic interests in subject matter.

kindlekitten · 01-21-2011, 03:58 PM

I tried to access it 3 different times; twice down for maintenance, now closed. oh well

Belfaborac · 01-21-2011, 04:49 PM

Ditto.

JaneD · 01-21-2011, 08:57 PM

Looks like the survey is now closed. You might want to edit your original post or subject line, so people don't continue to click on the link to take the survey.

jacy · 01-29-2011, 02:10 PM

Would you mind sharing the results of the survey? I'm a bit curious.

01-20-2011, 11:52 AM	#1
kcmay Addict Posts: 363 Karma: 500001 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Kindle2	Reader survey I've created a single-question survey of people's reading habits. If you have a sec, please visit http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BRYFD7S2W and select your answer(s). Thanks!

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jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	You can do the same here, inside mobileread website via poll. Just my 2 cents.

01-20-2011, 02:51 PM	#3
kcmay Addict Posts: 363 Karma: 500001 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Kindle2	I'm collecting responses from people on all the forums & social networking sites I visit -- wanted a broader picture.

01-20-2011, 10:02 PM	#4
natasha_fawn Evangelist Posts: 414 Karma: 184633 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-950 (finally!)	What kind of project is the data for?

01-21-2011, 12:23 AM	#5
wvcherrybomb Sharp Shootin' Grandma Posts: 847 Karma: 1123940 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sunny Florida Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, Literati (has been adopted by my daughter)	I tried. It said the site was down for maintenence.

01-21-2011, 04:46 AM	#6
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	I suspect people lie as much about how much they read as they do about how much television they watch. People I know report reading all the time although no one ever sees them reading and the same people never ever watch television. I was invited to a dinner party where I knew the people but not well. As we ate I noticed people quit talking and were eating faster. I asked the woman on my right if something was happening. "Oh, yes, the Sopranos starts in five minutes." I watched astounded as everyone moved into the livingroom to watch the Sopranos. I moved out to the patio and read my book. And you won't believe this but that television program was not about opera.

01-21-2011, 09:21 AM	#7
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	Why the sudden addition of "but not self-published" in the question about several genres and authors, KC? I had to create an "Other" entry to handle my preference, since I read several genres and authors and have nothing against self-published. Well, I wouldn't, would I?

01-21-2011, 09:54 AM	#8
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	Happy to answer the question. If you're planning to use this research for anything serious (like deciding whether to write or publish a book), I hope you'll keep in mind that you have a very biased sample, especially as it's completely self-selected.

01-21-2011, 10:12 AM	#9
Anthem Guru Posts: 704 Karma: 1622328 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Oasis, OnePlus Nord	Hope my increasingly irrelevant response to your survey helps in some way. Interestingly, I don't discriminate based on how the book was selected and published but the number of self published novels I have read can basically be counted on one foot. And that, despite my wide ranging and abhorrently eclectic interests in subject matter.

01-21-2011, 03:58 PM	#10
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I tried to access it 3 different times; twice down for maintenance, now closed. oh well

01-21-2011, 04:49 PM	#11
Belfaborac Wizard Posts: 1,498 Karma: 5199835 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Norway Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-950	Ditto.

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01-21-2011, 08:57 PM	#12
JaneD Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1057749 Join Date: May 2010 Location: LA, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2013	Looks like the survey is now closed. You might want to edit your original post or subject line, so people don't continue to click on the link to take the survey.

01-29-2011, 02:10 PM	#13
jacy writing thesis on eBooks Posts: 14 Karma: 62 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cologne, Germany Device: kindle 3	Would you mind sharing the results of the survey? I'm a bit curious.