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Readers
who took the survey, love historical western romances because of:
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61% |
chose
sexy, rugged, independent cowboy heroes |
|
14% |
chose
self-reliant and plucky frontier heroines |
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11% |
chose the
historical details of time and place |
| |
11% |
chose
learning about the unique American experience of life on the
frontier |
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Readers
who took the survey chose (so far) as their all-time favorite author
of Historical Western Romance:
|
31% |
Linda
Lael Miller |
|
13% |
Jodi Thomas |
Check
if you have read any of these new authors of Western Romance:
|
11% |
Karyna
DaRosa |
|
7% |
C.H.
Admirand |
Our gender? Consistent with last time,
only 2% of our survey respondents are male and continue to show a
preference for the unique American experience as the reason they
love western romances. 98% are female.
Survey readers are mostly
between the ages of 21 and 45 (37%) and between 46 and 60 (37%)
broken down follows:
|
3% |
are under 21 |
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17% |
between the ages of 21 and 35 |
|
20% |
between the ages of 36 and 45 |
|
37% |
between the ages of 46 and 60 |
|
16% |
over 60 |
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Our
survey respondents are primarily from the Mid-western states
with 30% of readers
surveyed calling that region home. The break down is:
|
29% |
Mid-western United States |
|
26% |
Southeastern United States |
|
17% |
Western United States |
|
16% |
Northeastern United States |
|
3% |
Europe |
| |
1% |
Australia |
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1% |
Asia |
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1% |
South
America |
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What
do we like to do? We aren't much into skiing, but besides reading
Western Romances, Love Western Romances survey readers like to
(could check more than one):
|
67% |
Spend time with my family |
|
38% |
Travel |
|
38% |
Learn about history |
| |
37% |
Cook |
|
36% |
Do Crafts |
|
34% |
Shop |
|
29% |
Garden |
|
23% |
Relax on
the beach |
|
19% |
Horseback
Riding |
|
19% |
Participate in/watch sports |
|
16% |
Decorate |
|
16% |
Go antiquing and
collecting |
|
10% |
Work out at the gym |
|
6% |
Ski |
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And
we like a lot of other romance genres as well.
Though we LOVE WESTERN ROMANCES
we also like to read:
|
49% |
Paranormal Romance |
|
46% |
Regency Romance |
|
45% |
Erotica |
|
45% |
Contemporary Romance |
|
43% |
Medieval Romance |
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Thank
you for telling us why you LOVE WESTERN
ROMANCES and a little about yourself.
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