AALBC.com Surveys
Below are the results AALBC.com surveys. Also check out the results of one
of AALBC.com's largest surveys: Who are your favorite
African-American Authors
and which are your Favorite
Novels by an African
American Author of the 20th Century.
Q: These AALBC.com homepage pop-up questions (like this one) are... (of 314 respondents) | |||||||
21% great, I find the results interesting 12% useful, more often than not 12% I do not care either way 7% mostly uninteresting, but I can live it 48% an intrusion, I wish they would go away Question
Posed September 2000 |
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Q: Do you subscribe to: Black Issues Book Review, QBR: The Black Book Review, or Mosaic Literary Magazine.? (of 884 respondents) | |||||||
9% Yes, I subscribe to 1 of the magazines. 4% Yes, I subscribe to 2 of the Question Posed August 2000 |
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Q: Help us learn about reading group or book club membership. Are you... (of 829 respondents) | |||||||
12% Male not a member of any book club 59% Female not a member of any book club 5% Male and a member of a book club 24% Female and a member of a book club Question Posed July 2000 |
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Q: Who is your favorite author? (of 772 respondents) | |||||||
43% Terry McMillan 18% Bebe Moore Campbell 11% Sheneska Jackson 8% Connie Briscoe 13% Valerie Wilson Wesley 7% Lolita Files Question Posed July 2000 |
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Q: Are we in the midst of a African American literary renaissance? (of 1,120 respondents) | |||||||
49% Definitely Yes 30% Maybe 7% Definitely Not 11% I do not know 3% I do not care Question Posed June 2000 |
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Q: AALBC.com is looking for a new slogan. Choose which one you think is best. (of 597 respondents) | |||||||
36% Celebrating Our Literary Legacy 22% Where Words Speak 7% More Than Just Books 3% From Written Page to Web Page... 17% Read to Feed the Mind 15% Another slogan would be better "Celebrating Our Literary Legacy" is now AALBC.com's slogan. The above slogans were selected and voted on by AALBC visitors. The visitor who picked this slogan has won a copy of John A. Williams The Man Who Cried I Am (http://authors.aalbc.com/johna.htm) and a copy of the CD Jazz Poetry Caf� (http://authors.aalbc.com/jazz.htm) and a copy of the latest issue of Mosaic Magazine (https://aalbc.com/download.htm). Question
Posed June 2000 |
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Q: What do you think of Oprah's Book Club's Reading Selections? (of 1,473 respondents) | |||||||
17% I look forward to reading them 22% I'm mildly curious about them 12% I do not care, or are unaware of them 8% They help promote black authors 34% They do not promote Black authors enough 7% Who is Oprah? Question Posed May 2000 |
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Q: If you enjoy reading, what sparked that interest? (of 1,659 respondents) | |||||||
44%
I was born with it - always had it 22% My parents (or another adult) sparked it 11% Developed in school before college years 5% Developed during time in college 11% Developed as a result of life experience 7% It was something else Question Posed April 2000 |
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Q: In the last 6 months, did you buy more books on-line or from a physcial store (of 727 respondents) | |||||||
26% More books purchased online 74% More books purchased in physical store Question Posed March 2000 |
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Q:As mystery novels, written by African Americans, grow in popularity who's your favorite detective? (of 474 respondents) | |||||||
29%
Tamara Hayle (Valerie Wilson Wesley) 48% Easy Rawlins (Walter Mosley) 11% Blanche White (Barbara Neeley) 3% Aaron Gunner (Gar Anthony Haywood) 3% Marti MacAllister (Eleanor Taylor Bland) 5% Carole Ann Gibson (Penny Mickelbury) Question Posed March 2000 |
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Q: What type of books do you enjoy most? (of 1,043 respondents) | |||||||
37% Literary Fiction 10% Commercial Fiction 4% Nonfiction (read for work) 29% Nonfiction (read for pleasure) 14% Poetry 6% Bible, Koran (other religious material) Question Posed Feb 2000 |
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Q: How often do you visit our web site, AALBC.com? (of 1,434 respondents) | |||||||
69% First Time Visitor - I will be back 4% First Time Visitor - I will not be back 13% At least once a week 10% At least once a month 5% A few times a year Question Posed Feb 2000 |
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Q: Help us select one of the titles below for our group's reading list (of 540 respondents) | |||||||
34% Blues Dancing - Diane McKinney-Whetstone 5% Miss Muriel and Other Stories - Ann. Petry 20% Jubilee - Margaret Walker 16% Dopefiend - Donald Goines 16% Everybody Smokes In Hell - John Ridley 8% Dirty Bird Blues - Clarence Major Thank you. Blues Dancing will be added to our Reading List Question Posed Feb 2000 |
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Q: Select your favorite contemporary author (of 515 respondents) | |||||||
28%
Eric Jerome Dickey 23% Walter Mosley 28% E. Lynn Harris 14% Omar Tyree 1% Van Whitfield 6% Colin Channer Question Posed Jan 2000 |
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Q: Where did you buy your last book? (of 856 respondents) | |||||||
39%
Physical Superstore (ex Borders) 24% Physical Independent Book Store 4% Physical Other (ex. gift shop, airport) 19% Online Superstore (ex. Amazon) 2% Online Independent or Niche (ex. AALBC) 12% Mail Order Book Club (ex. BOMC) Question Posed Jan 2000 |
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Q: I would buy books more frequently if... (of 713 respondents) | |||||||
30% I had more time to read 37% Books did not cost so much 8% I could find more quality material 8% I could read what I've already purchased 13% I could find more on subjects I enjoyed 4% I've no desire to buy more frequently Question Posed Dec 1999 |
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Q: If you HAVE read an eBook, which device did you read it on? (of 129 respondents) | |||||||
78% A Personal Computer 2% A Rocket eBook by NuvoMedia 5% A SoftBook by SoftBook Press 2% A WindowsCE Device 5% A PalmPilot by 3Com 7% Everybook Dedicated Reader by Everybook Question Posed Dec 1999 |
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Q: How many books by African-American authors have you read this year? (of 1,793 respondents) | |||||||
7%
None 32% 1 to 5 24% 5 to 10 11% 11 to 15 7% 16 to 20 17% more than 20
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Q: What do you think about e-book readers? (of 467 respondents) | |||||||
6%
I Love it - I own one or plan to buy one 20% Sounds interesting, I'll wait and see 9% Paper books are best I'll never buy one 4% Sounds good, but too expense 61% What is an e-book reader? Read More about e-Books at https://aalbc.com/about_ebooks.htm |
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Q: How did you discover the last good book you read? (of 917 respondents) | |||||||
43% Word of mouth recommendation 24% Display in book store 1% Sales person in book store 14% Online, web site, email 14% Read a book review 5% Traditional Ad, TV, mail, magazine |
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Q:
Which Toni Morrison, novel* is your
favorite? (of 469 respondents)
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