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The Journey of a Reader

A Tale of Two Books
Published September 2011 Published May 2012 Paperback July 2012Surveyed 1,000 Goodreads Members Who Surveyed 1,000 Goodreads Members Who Read the Book in Dec 2012/Jan 2013 Read the Book in Dec 2012/Jan 2013

Where Did You Hear About
The Book?Friend’s Recommendation Media GoodreadsGoodreads Choice Awards Amazon Bookstore Library Facebook Book Club Blog Twitter 0 10 20 30 40 Gone Girl Night Circus Percent Note: multiple responses allowed

Goodreads Choice Awards Goodreads(Users(Adding(Gone(Girl(by(Week(!20,000!!!18,000!!!16,000!!!14,000!!!12,000!!!10,000!! !8,000!!
!6,000!! !4,000!! !2,000!! !"!!!! 1/7/12! 2/7/12! 3/7/12! 4/7/12! 5/7/12! 6/7/12! 7/7/12! 8/7/12! 9/7/12! 10/7/12! 11/7/12!12/7/12!

What Convinced You To Read
The Book? Trusted FriendEveryone Talking About It Book Club Goodreads - Reviews On “Best” Lists Sample Read Amazon ReviewsGoodreads Choice Awards Liked Author’s Books Book Blurb Cover 0 10 20 30 Percent Gone Girl Night Circus Note: only one answer allowed

The Effect of Goodreads Reviews
163,500 Ratings 126,000 Ratings 34,200 Reviews 22,000 Reviews 58% 52% Goodreads reviews primary reason I bought/ helped convince me to buy the book

Goodreads Reviews Work Harder For
You Than Other ReviewsGoodreads Reviews on Reviews in Goodreads Newsfeed Goodreads Updates Shared on Twitter Goodreads members share 19 million books/month on Facebook

What Convinced You To Read
The Book? Trusted FriendEveryone Talking About It Book Club Goodreads - Reviews On “Best” Lists Sample Read Amazon ReviewsGoodreads Choice Awards Liked Author’s Books Book Blurb Cover 0 10 20 30 Percent Gone Girl Night Circus Note: only one answer allowed

Sampling books is slightly more
popular with bookstore buyersLook Through Book/ Bookstore Online Read Sample Buyers Buyers Always 25% 19% Often 19% 18% Usually 16% 17% Sometimes 30% 32% Never 10% 14%

What Convinced You To Read
The Book? Trusted FriendEveryone Talking About It Book Club Goodreads - Reviews On “Best” Lists Sample Read Amazon ReviewsGoodreads Choice Awards Liked Author’s Books Book Blurb Cover Gone Girl 0 Night Circus 10 20 30 Percent Note: only one answer allowed

Where Did You Acquire The
Book? Library 30% e-book Kindle Amazon Borrowed Nook B&N Store Gone Girl Night Circus B&N.com Gift Apple iBooks IndependentsCostco/Target/Walmart Audible Kobo Used Books Store 0 10 20 30 40 Percentage

In what format did you
read the book? PrintTotal E-Books Kindle Nook iTunes Kobo Other Audiobook 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Gone Girl Night Circus

Which Format Do You Prefer
to Read? Print & E-Books 45% Print Only 23%Print, E-Books & Audiobooks 21% E-Books Only 9% Audiobooks Only 1% 0 10 20 30 40 50 Data from Goodreads Member Survey Dec 2012

Now Looking at Results fromGeneral
Goodreads Members Survey 1,500 US-Based Goodreads Members 83% Female / 17% Male (Usually 70% Female / 30% Male) 13 - 17 years: 5% 18 - 24 years: 11% 25 - 34 years: 28% 35 - 44 years: 24% 45 - 54 years: 16% 55+ years: 17%

37% of Cell Phone Owners
Read E-Books on Them Commuting/Waiting Lunch break at work In bed Around homeOnly device for e-books 13% 0 20 40 60 80 Note: multiple responses allowed

86% of Tablet Owners Read
E-Books on Them Commuting/Waiting Lunch break at work In bed Around homeOnly device for e-books 32% 0 20 40 60 80 Of members who got a new device this xmas, tablets beat e-ink 3.6:1 Note: multiple responses allowed

31% Highlight when reading e-books78%
Highlight for own personal use21% Share them with others via social media22% Use them when writing a review9% Would share highlights but don’t know how/don’t have option Note: multiple responses allowed

“Life takes us to unexpected
places sometimes. The “There’s something disturbing about recalling a future is never set in stone, remember that.” warm memory and feeling utterly cold.” The Night Circus Gone Girl 1,152,000 Quotes Shared on Goodreads in January 2013 “The finest of pleasures are always the “Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to unexpected ones.” you if you ignore it.” The Night Circus Gone Girl

73% of E-Book Readers Shop
Around for Best Price For an E-Book 29 27 19 14 11 Always Often Usually Sometimes Never% of E-Book Readers Who Shop Around for the Best Price

If you read e-books, where
do you get them from? % of Kindle e-book Apple iBooks 18% E-Book Readers Are readers who Nook 15% Experimenting With Platforms also read: Google Play Kobo Sony % of Nook e-book Kindle 37% readers who Apple iBooks also read: Google Play Kobo Sony % of Apple iBooks Kindle 65%e-book readers who Nook also read: Google Play Kobo Sony 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

What Do You Want to
Do When You Get to the End of a Book? 83% See what else the author has written 75% Find more books similar to what just read 69% Discuss the book with friends 35% Read other people’s reviews

What Should I Read Next?Gone
Girl Readers Read The Night Circus Readers These Books Next Read These Books Next

Would Readers be Interested in
Reading a Book in Serial Format Instead of Waiting Six Months for Complete Book? 49% say yes!Extremely Interested Very Interested InterestedSomewhat InterestedNot At All Interested 0 15 30 45 60 Percent Like Author Unknown Author

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