The wonderful MK Tod from A Writer of History blog conducted a survey of historical fiction readers last year to ascertain just what readers exactly love about this genre. The survey uncovered insights about those who read historical fiction and those who do not-demographics, story preferences, favourite time periods, reasons for reading or not reading this genre, top authors, the different perspectives of men and women, sources of recommendations and so on. Here are some of the highlights of the 2012 survey.
The 2013 survey will augment these results with a broader focus on reading habits as well as social media’s role in enhancing the reading experience. Survey questions were developed in collaboration with Richard Lee, Founder of the Historical Novel Society.
Whether you read historical fiction or not, please take a few minutes to complete the survey. To add to the robustness of data collected, please pass the survey URL along to men and women of all ages and in any part of the world you can reach!
Aussie readers were only a small segment of responders last time so, all my compatriots, here’s your chance to have your say :) I know Mary and Richard would be delighted to hear your opinion.
Click here to access the survey. Have fun!
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Howdy. If the survey is complete, what are the results?
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Thanks for reminding me to add the results! Here is the link to Mary Tod’s blog which has all the various components of the survey results. Thanks for dropping by:) http://awriterofhistory.com/2015-reader-survey/