2018 Reader Survey Five-Minute Speed Dating I would love to know more about my readers and their reading habits! (Even if you haven't read my books, I'd love for you to answer what you can.) Thank you in advance! OK Question Title * 1. What age range are you? 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ OK Question Title * 2. What income level are you? On a fixed budget I get by okay I get by okay with a few extras I'm rolling in the dough OK Question Title * 3. Where do you purchase most of your eBooks? Amazon iBooks Barnes&Noble Kobo Google Play Other OK Question Title * 4. If you answered "other" to the question above, please list where you purchase your eBooks. OK Question Title * 5. Are you in Kindle Unlimited? Yes No What's Kindle Unlimited? (If you chose this answer, it's a program where you pay $9.99/mo and can read unlimited eBooks or magazines or listen to audio books that are in the program.) OK Question Title * 6. Are you an Amazon Prime member? Yes No OK Question Title * 7. If you're a Prime member, do you ever borrow eBooks? Yes No First I've heard of it. (If you chose this answer, you're able to borrow one eBook a month if the eBook is exclusive to Amazon.) OK Question Title * 8. Do you check out eBooks from your library? Yes No Had no idea this was possible OK Question Title * 9. What genre do you read most? Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Mystery/Suspense/Thriller (Romance Focused) Contemporary Romance (Adult, New Adult or Young Adult) Historical Romance (Adult or Young Adult) Historical Fiction Paranormal Romance (Adult or YA) Paranormal (no romance) Sci-Fi or Fantasy Romance (Adult or YA) Sci-Fi or Fantasy (no romance) I basically read anything I can get my hands on OK Question Title * 10. Since the question before limited you to one choice, if you like to read more than one genre (but not everything you can get your hands on), please add the other preferred genres here. OK Question Title * 11. How many books on average do you read per month? More than 1 More than 5 More than 10 OK Question Title * 12. What do you usually pay for novel-length (over 200 pages) eBooks? (You can choose more than one) 99 cent specials $1.99 $2.99 $3.99 $4.99 or more FREE OK Question Title * 13. Rather than or in addition to your inbox, would you be interested in receiving messages about my new releases, sales, or other important updates to your Facebook Messenger or other Messenger App? In addition to email Instead of email No way! I hate Messenger Apps! OK Question Title * 14. I’m considering blogging about a writer’s life and other things that interest me at least once a week. Do you read blogs? Yes No Sometimes OK Question Title * 15. Given the new changes that Facebook is making to your timeline feeds where you are less likely to see the pages you follow, are you interested in a Diana Layne’s Reader Group on Facebook? (Group posts are supposed to be more visible than page posts.) Yes, I'd love it! No, not interested, sorry. Possibly . . . OK Question Title * 16. There’s another new change just announced, Wal-Mart is teaming up with Kobo to sell Kobo’s eReaders and eBooks. If you don’t already use a Kobo or buy from Kobo, would you consider when your current eReader dies, checking out the Wal-Mart Kobo offers? Yes No Can't say for sure, it's a possibility OK Question Title * 17. Do you want regular updates or stories about my works-in progress? Yes No OK Question Title * 18. If you answered yes, to question #15, how often do you want updates? Weekly Monthly Quarterly OK Question Title * 19. If you answered yes to question #15, would you consider reading works-in-progress updates on my blog if I announced them in my newsletter or through Messenger? (You can also sign up to receive announcements from my blog). Yes No Maybe OK Question Title * 20. Do you want announcements when my books are on sale for a discount? Yes No OK Question Title * 21. Are you interested in me telling you about other authors’ discounted books that I think you might be interested in? (determination based on this survey) Yes No OK Question Title * 22. Last question: In ADDITION to my thrillers, I’m planning to go back to my roots, historical western romances (more on the sweet side for sex, but some violence congruent to the time period). Is this something you would be interested in hearing about or do I need to divide my newsletters into two (or more) lists. (If you didn’t know, I’ve already published one historical romance, Pirate’s Proposal. I do have other pirate stories planned but first, I want to publish my Native American/Western historicals. I also wrote a historical vampire novella which was in the Mrs. Dracula anthology-now unpublished, but I had a lot of fun with that and might write more.) Basically, do I need separate lists for thrillers/historical/or other genres? One list is fine, I love everything you write. Better make it two or more lists, I'm only interested in one genre (If I do this, I’ll have to send out an email asking your preference). OK Question Title * 23. Is there anything you'd like to add? OK DONE