Poll: Readers' Immediate Attraction?

Which elements do you prefer, or tend to be attracted to when it comes to picking out a book?

Name all that apply and take time before answering. Some answers have subcategories that come with choices that you can answer.



A) The book's cover.

i) A calm cover, consisting of soft, cold colors.

ii) A cover with varying adventurous elements. Ex. A group of characters, soldiers and weapons a lone soldier, etc. etc. etc.

iii) Character Portrait- the main character pictured on the front.

iv) A landscape

v) Single Controlling Image- Like the dragon on the Inheritance Series' novels.



B) The Book's Reviews: How critics review the book.



C) The Description: The inside cover, or back, that introduces the reader to what the story is about.



D) The Beginning: Opening the story up, you begin reading the beginning of the story. If you like it, this is what influences your choice.



E) The Length: The book's overall page-length.

i) 1-10pgs.

ii) 10-50pgs.

iii) 50-100pgs.

iv.) 100-150pgs.

v.) 200pgs.

vi.) 300+pgs.



F) The Author- Whoever wrote the book

i) Favorite author

ii) Age of author

1) Teenage

2) Adult

3) Elder



G) The Title of the Book: Speaks for itself

A) A long, impressive title.

B) A name for the title.

C) An emotional title.

D) An action title

E) Other (please specify)



H) Genre: The Subject of the Book

A) Action

B) Action/Adventure

C) Romance

D) Sci-Fi

E) Fantasy

F) Other (please specify)



I) Other: Whatever Else [PLEASE SPECIFY]



Thanks for taking my survey, I appreciate it.Poll: Readers' Immediate Attraction?
A) The book's cover.

v) Single Controlling Image- Like the dragon on the Inheritance Series' novels.

or just something bold and maybe colourful/a bit artsy



B) The Book's Reviews: How critics review the book.

it doesn't really matter that much to me-if they say it's really bad then i probably wouldn't buy it and i normal don't base which books i buy on how the critics view it.



C) The Description: The inside cover, or back, that introduces the reader to what the story is about.

i always have to read the description before buying a book and i usually pick a book if i want to read more after the description



D) The Beginning: Opening the story up, you begin reading the beginning of the story. If you like it, this is what influences your choice.

i dont usually read the book until i get home because i base my decisions on the description most of the time



E) The Length: The book's overall page-length..

v.) 200pgs.

vi.) 300+pgs.



F) The Author- Whoever wrote the book

i) Favorite author

i will usually look at the other books of an author that i like to see if they look good to read

ii) Age of author

2) Adult





G) The Title of the Book: Speaks for itself

C) An emotional title.

D) An action title

E) Other (please specify) i dont usually choose books based on the titles



H) Genre: The Subject of the Book

C) Romance

E) Fantasy

F) Other (please specify) comedy or books that make me laugh



I) Other: Whatever Else [PLEASE SPECIFY] i think that's about it! :)Poll: Readers' Immediate Attraction?
I don't know what all those codes you have up there are for, I just choose a book by its author and sometimes the actual topic.