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Monday, August 27, 2012

Back to Business

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Blog, I am pleased to announce that our fall session is now... in session? ... Yup, something like that. The blog is back in business! That means regular content updates Monday through Friday, news, science posts, book stuff, and other insanity.

Insanity may be the key term here. I'll try to keep the blog on the side of angels, but we all know how good I am at writing heroes (villains are so much easier!).

The first order of business is simple. I need to know how you read. This blog has a lot of authors visiting, but is primarily for my readers, aka The Book Buying Public. When an author comes by for tour or when I'm promoting a book, what format do you want me to promote it in?


11 comments:

  1. Nice survey! My only issue was that I wasn't sure which genre to check for all the contemporary MG/YA I read ...

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    1. Sorry! Next time I do something like this I'll rework for MG/YA. I'd say pick the genre they'd be shelved under if there wasn't YA shelves. TWILIGHT would be urban fantasy, Narnia would be fantasy.

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  2. Last two questions are identical. I read a lot of paperbacks because that's what my backlog is! Which is to say that I have been to far too many used book stores in the past 10 years and have stacks of paper books I'm still working through. I have started to read e-books but I'll still be reading the paper backlog for years to come.

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    1. We move so often that I've resorted to buying ebooks in self-defense. Books are heavy! I have boxes and boxes of unread paperbacks in the garage. It's better (for me) to get the ebook, then buy the paperback if I reread the book enough to share.

      I also have a rule about all print books being Kid Safe. There are things on my e-reader that are racy, but if I buy it in print it needs to be something I'm comfortable with my kids flipping through. Sweet Romance is fine, the spicier stuff stays on the ereader.

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  3. I presume the last or second to last question was meant to say "where do you review books you didn't like?", for that I'll say I don't leave bad reviews mostly.
    Unless I have a SERIOUS issue with continuity, or typos or something like that, I don't bother pointing it out to the entire internet.
    Authors, editing matters. If I can't get through a chapter without a dozen typos, I stop reading. Take that how you will.

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    1. I think it's just a formatting error. I copied the last question a few times, shuffled questions, and didn't realize I had a double. I should have edited better. >.<

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  4. I mostly get books from libraries and occasionally buy (then again I work in a library so it's the easiest way to get my hands on books!)
    I also review almost everything on Libraything and maybe on Goodreads later.

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  5. I ticked paperbacks and adult novels, but those were both by narrow margins - paperbacks over hard covers by ONE book this year so far, and adult over YA (for the fiction, not the non-fiction) was by three.

    Still. Yay! :)

    Also, I agree with above commentors about moving through my paperback backlog before getting to the ereader. I've purchased a lot of books on my kindle, but they're at the bottom of the tbr pile.

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  6. Just thought I'd mention that the books I've bought have been indie, small and big publisher's. I could only click one choice - but really I don't care who publishes it, so long as I can get it on my kindle.

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    1. That question is more for authors. Personally, I'll read any good book, but if most my followers only read traditionally published I need to work hard at getting an agent so more of my followers will buy my books. Or I need to lure them over to the joys of small press and SP.

      If everyone who reads my blog and Twitter only reads self-published books, I need to decide if finding an agent is worth my time.

      Basically, I'm trying to tailor my game plan to what my audience will respond to best.

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