The results are in! I didn't have a ton of results, but I had a nice mix of authors, librarians, readers, and teens respond:

1. Do you ever pick up author "swag" (bookmarks, pens, etc. advertising an author's newest book) at a bookstore, conference, or other event?

78% Yes
22% Depends on what It Is

1. Do author giveaways influence you to buy the book?

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Go ahead. Take a guess. I'll wait...

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According to this survey, only 25.9% of people over age 25 in the US have a bachelor's degree.

Yeah. Seriously. Only 26%. Can you believe it? I mean, based on a professional survey of my own (thinking about the adults I know and counting how many have college degrees), I came up with a guess of 62 ( Read more... )