anyone fancy answering my short book survey? :-)

[louisascott]

Hello everyone!

My name is Louisa Scott and I am a student at the University of Derby on a BA Creative Writing course. I am currently researching for my Independent Studies project, in which I am trying to find out more about what it is that makes people buy a book, and what are the best techniques used by authors/publishers in order to ensure maximum sales. I have devised a brief questionnaire asking what it is exactly that makes you pick up that book. I'm not sure if I can attach a file to this message so could I just ask that if anybody is willing to answer my questionnaire (it's literally five questions) could you possibly drop me an email at louisascott@hotmail.com and I'll send you it?I don't know if I'll get any repsonse from this but i guess it's worth a try! Any answers at all would be hugely appreciated, thank you very much

 

[Sergo]

Hi.
It is an interesting question, though I think there is even a more interesting ones: why people read, why they read what they read, and what does reading to people?
I may like to see your questions (though my answers hardly help you - here in Russia not all is the same as in the west, but I am too lazy to send messages.
I think if you just copied your questions from your Word file to here - that would have done the trick, and you would surely got some responces.

 

[nighthawk]

Glad to, Louisa, email on its way.
and Good luck with the course.

 

[MonkeyCatcher]

I'll be glad to answer it - I have just sent an email

 

[G4G]

I sent it back to you but i might have messed it up. ooops.

 

[ruby]

Hi and welcome to the forum

 

[Stewart]

a BA Creative Writing course.

I had no idea such things existed. I always thought they were those little diddy things (such as I'm doing) that colleges and universities offered as night classes.

 

[mehastings]

I had no idea such things existed. I always thought they were those little diddy things (such as I'm doing) that colleges and universities offered as night classes.

Really? It was a concentration in the English Major at my school. However, as a Master's it had its own department. Perhaps that's why our authors are so much better than Scotland's...