AALBC.com Surveys

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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
The pop-up questions (Quizlets) have been relocated to this page.  The percentage of visitors who found the pop-up question annoying was significant enough for us to pull it off the homepage.  Visitors who found the Quizlets useful may visit here to read what other AALBC visitors are thinking.

 
Results
 
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

 
Results
 
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

 
Results
 
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

 
Results
 
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

 
Results
 
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

 
Results

 

 
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

 
Results
 
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)
25%   The Bluest Eye
10%   Sula
21%   Song of Solomon
9%   Tar Baby
28%   Beloved
7%   Jazz

*Morrison's more recent novels, were not listed as a choice for this quiz.