tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17876714.post5087803010597508397..comments2023-10-11T07:34:02.899-07:00Comments on Jenna Bayley-Burke: UNDERSTANDING THE ROMANCE BUYER IN THE DIGITAL AGE : RWA 2012Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17876714.post-70805945542467403242012-07-27T10:45:39.205-07:002012-07-27T10:45:39.205-07:00As a reader and buyer, I’m going to respond to thi...As a reader and buyer, I’m going to respond to this. For me 99.9% of all my book purchases regardless of genre are ebook. I will occasionally buy a print book if I liked it and want the author to sign it. But that’s a very rare occurrence. Publishers, I buy mostly from Samhain, but I do buy from Harlequin, Evernight, Silver, Turquoise Morning Press and a few others. I ONLY but from Penguin when I am forced to because an author I adore is published with them. I HATE buying from them because I feel their ebooks are way over priced! The whole avid reader statement….those aren’t avid readers…I am an avid reader! I buy about 5 books a week and read about 10 books a week (the other 5 being books I’m given for review). I buy more now that I did but I can understand the fall off in sales, everything in our lives is more expensive and sometimes “extras” like books take a beating. You bet romance readers are more price sensitive, because most are women and we always treat ourselves to extras last. I resent the impulsive remark; I make my selections very carefully. I pretty much agree with “the romance readers most enjoy about reading romance” but I’d also add I enjoy reading steamy sex scenes! What influences readers, my number one is the author, part of a series, synopsis, and book cover. I disagree with the statement that what is on the seller website has the most impact, most of the time I hear about releases and books through Facebook and review site blogs, but Facebook is my number one contact. I don’t have time to visit every blog, website, publisher page, etc….a quick blurb and link on Facebook will get my attention. As for how I buy books 100% Kindle all the way baby! Impact of free books, I can’t even tell you how many free books have cost me a lot of money. Because if I read the first book in a series, there is no way I’m not going to finish it. Or if I read a free book by an author I’ve never read before and it’s good, I’ll go and buy every one of her books.Slickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038499783643339129noreply@blogger.com