Comments on: Readers’ Preferences Survey Results | Part 1

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:50:05 +0000

So much interesting information! I’m curious to know how much “distraction” we’ll put up with before dropping a book.As in, it has one of the factors you list but you start it anyway? Would not read a book if it had a prologue or epilogue? Or would you just ignore it? It’s easier to do than punctation issues, but I can’t remember if I ever DNFed a book because of quotation marks or punctuation. If it was great writing, I don’t think I would. So much to consider!

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:58:56 +0000

In reply to susan. Thanks, Susan. 99 free form answers per question gives me a lot to look at and consider.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:57:54 +0000

In reply to Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanis. I'd love it if an author or two who I follow on twitter and who follow me back were to pay attention, but....

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:56:53 +0000

In reply to Madeline. I think that was the very point the audiobook fans were making. A great narrator will make up for lack of quotation marks and poor punctuation or overly long paragraphs. That's one of the reasons I admire truly wonderful narrators.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:55:29 +0000

In reply to Angela. It's a tough call on epilogues. Occasionally, I like them, but usually not and they were what inspired me to do the survey in the first place. Thanks for taking part.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:54:27 +0000

In reply to renee. Thanks, Renee. You definitely fall in the majority with epilogues. I'm the odd man out.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:53:42 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Book Shelves. I don't think you're super nit-picky. I think we all have likes and dislikes. Plus, I think ours are pretty similar, so we have to be right!

By: susan

susan — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 18:54:56 +0000

Interesting result on the survey. I guess it seems to follow mostly what I put down. Sometimes epilogues can interest me more than prologues. I like to just jump into the story in the first chapter. The punctuation thing can be a bit distracting so I prefer just conventional usually. I look forward to part 2 of the result.

By: Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanis

Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanis — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:45:16 +0000

I love reading survey results – and this was such an interesting survey!

I don’t mind epilogues or prologues, but the lack of quotation marks and other punctuation drives me mad! I’m glad to see I’m in the majority there. Authors should take note.

By: Madeline

Madeline — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:15:20 +0000

Interesting comments about audio books. While I don’t listen to them, doesn’t the narrator verbally insert quotation marks and proper punctuation? Otherwise, it would sound robotic and be as difficult to listen to as reading text that isn’t punctuated properly.