Reader Survey Results

I made a reader survey back in April, and had over 100 responses! Thank you so much to everyone who responded. This survey helps me figure out if I'm on the right track in publishing the content that you really want to read. I appreciate all of your readership so much.

Here are the results from the survey:


How do you best identify yourself?
Book Blogger: 56%
Reader: 32%
Publishing Professional: 4%
Educator/Teacher 4%
Librarian: 3%
Relative/Friend: 1% (thanks to whoever you are!)

Which category below indicates your age?
12-17: 14%
18-20: 4%
21-29: 42%
30-39: 29%
40-49: 7%
50 or older: 4%

How many books do you read per year?
1-20: 5%
21-50: 19%
51-75: 18%
76-100: 23%
101-150: 21%
More than 150: 14%

How often do you visit Emily's Reading Room?
Daily: 8%
Several times per week: 28%
Weekly: 29%
Several times per month: 14%
Monthly: 13%
Less than monthly: 8%

How do you follow posts on Emily's Reading Room?
RSS Feed: 30%
Google Friend Connect: 35%
Twitter: 58%
Facebook: 14%
Visit the website directly: 25%

Email: 14%

Lots of you responded that you wanted to see more book reviews (48% according to the survey, followed by discussion posts at 40%). At this point, I'm publishing 2-3 reviews per week. As our contributors continue to review books, that may increase, but I'm pretty happy with posting 5-6 days per week.

As far as the most interesting posts around here, 61% of you think that my book reviews are very interesting. Which brings a tear to my eye. But, vlogs definitely aren't feeling the love with 40% of respondents saying that they'd like to see less of them. Don't worry, I only do one every few months or so, so you don't have to watch much of me.

A whopping 22% of respondents have purchased a book based on a review or feature on my blog. Thank you to every one of you that trust my opinion that much. I'll keep trying to keep it real. But, 69% of respondents have taken some kind of action based on a review (added them to goodreads, checked out from the library, or borrowed from a friend).

I also got some very helpful feedback in the open-ended response:

"I understand why you do, but it feels like you will tweet about a post on your blog over and over (but maybe it only feels like that because I spend too much time on Twitter)"

I feel like I should clarify that the posts I tweet the most about are related to Blogger Confidential, because I mention in my tweets those who have participated so that they can see it and then retweet it. I know it can be annoying to see the same post on twitter over and over. And, I'm sorry if it bugs you.

I appreciate it when the breakdown for sex/drug use/profanity/violence is added at the end of the review.

Kylie and Anna Rose are so much better at doing this than I am. I usually only put it at the end of my review if I read something that I think might be questionable to a younger teen or a parent. Just in case.

I wouldn't change a thing about your blog. It is perfect in every way. Though certain things aren't my favorite , your blog wouldn't be the same without them.

I swear I didn't bribe that person. Thanks so much for reading, and thinking so highly of the work that I do!

Thanks to every one of you that responded! Here's to another year!