Comments on: Writing the Romance Novel: Who Reads Romances? http://kayedacus.com/2008/04/17/writing-the-romance-novel-who-reads-romances/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eileen Astels http://kayedacus.com/2008/04/17/writing-the-romance-novel-who-reads-romances/#comment-9216 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:55:06 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=656#comment-9216 I’m with Caleb. I like percentages to add up to 100%, but that’s just the mathie in me. There’s definitely a piece of thepie missing in those stats. I suspect they’re the “I don’t know & don’t care” participants in the study.

Looking forward to the nitty-gritty next week, Kaye!

Blessings,

Eileen

]]> By: Georgiana Daniels http://kayedacus.com/2008/04/17/writing-the-romance-novel-who-reads-romances/#comment-9203 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:26 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=656#comment-9203 26% of all books sold is a ton of books. Yay for romance :)

]]> By: Kaye Dacus http://kayedacus.com/2008/04/17/writing-the-romance-novel-who-reads-romances/#comment-9201 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:25:51 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=656#comment-9201 I know which 5% I’m starting with . . . :-)

]]> By: Caleb http://kayedacus.com/2008/04/17/writing-the-romance-novel-who-reads-romances/#comment-9199 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:42:11 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=656#comment-9199 5% is missing from those statistics in the geographical breakdown. So the other 5% of America that reads books are in Alaska and Hawaii? Those two barely populated states read half as much by themselves as the entire Northeast?! The same Northeast that houses metropolitan powerhouses like New York City and Philadelphia?

That seems unlikely. Does that those 5% simply do not exist? That’s defying the rules of basic math!

What the heck did these figures do with 1/20th of the romance novel reading population? I’m assuming they kill them. Which makes me glad I don’t read them and means you should be even MORE appreciative when I pick up a copy of yours next year to fulfill my duties as a good cousin. Apparently, I’m putting my life at risk, and I don’t usually play games with a 1 in 20 chance of ceasing to exist.

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