Crime Fiction Book Blogger Survey
I'm examining online reading communities as a research project and hope that those of you who blog about your experiences reading crime fiction might be willing to answer some questions.The focus of this survey is on readers who blog. I will be conducting a different survey for authors who blog. However, an author who maintains a blog that is primarily about reading is welcome to participate in this survey. If you maintain or contribute to more than one book blog, please choose one to focus on.

I don't have any incentives for you, sorry, and of course you may withdraw from the survey at any time. I'm guessing it will take 10-20 minutes to complete, depending on how much you choose to write. You will have the opportunity to edit your resposes.

You retain the copyright to your answers and you may do whatever you like with them, but by participating in this survey you grant me the nonexclusive right to draw on your responses for the purposes of this research project only. I will make every effort to handle your survey results confidentially and represent your thoughts accurately and ethically. If you write something in a response to a particular question for which you would like to be credited by name, please inlcude the name you wish to use in your response and an email address for verification. (It will not be used for any other purpose). Otherwise, responses will be treated anonymously.  

I will eventually post my analysis of survey results online under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. For more information about the project, you may contact me at bfister@hickorytech.net. My original sabbatical proposal for the entire project is available at http://barbarafister.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/sabbatical-dreams

This survey (#1415-0005) has been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Gustavus Adolphus College.  
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Why do you maintain a blog about books and reading?  
What is your blog's focus?
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Does your blog allow comments?
If you allow comments, do you moderate them?
Do you encourage visitors to interact with you on your blog? If so, how?
How would you characterize the interactions you have with visitors to your blog?
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What do you find most satisfying about book blogging?
What, if anything, is aggravating for you as a  book blogger?
In which of the following venues do you frequently discuss crime fiction with others? Please check all that apply.
Of these various venues for book discussion, which do you participate in most often and why?
How do you most often obtain the books you write about on your blog? Please check no more than three.
Is there anything else you would like to share about your blogging experience?
If you would like to have your blog acknowledged when I write up this survey's results, please include the URL below.
You are under no obligation to do so and any responses you have provided will remain anonymous unless you have specifically asked for attribution. Blog addresses will not be linked to any content in the analysis but will simply be listed alphabetically at the end.
What is your gender identity?
What is your age?
Where do you live?
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