Julianne Douglas is seeking some help with market research, and I’d like to know the answer too. She wants to know what makes people choose to buy the historical novels that they buy. Which factor plays the biggest role in causing you to part with your dollars to buy a historical novel written by a new author?
- Is it a pretty cover and convincing author’s blurbs?
- Is it the presence of a “marquee name”, that is, a famous historical figure as its subject?
- Is it an intriguing setting or time period?
- Or is it the promise of a gripping plot?
Hop on over to her blog and answer the poll question on the top right hand side. And if you can’t decide (or even if you can) and want to comment about these or other reasons for buying a book, I’d love to read your comments, either here or over there.
I’m posting this here because I know I have many non-novelists but fervent readers who read this blog. I would love to learn your views.
Thanks!
For me, it’s the time period and the author’s credentials. I’ll check out the other blog now.