[LMB] reader stats

[Mark Allums]

Michael Bauminger wrote:
> On Friday, Feb 01, 2008 1:15 PM, Lois McMaster Bujold 
> <lbujold at myinfmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> In the never-ending department of How do people read,
>> anyway?, another query...
>>
>> We've heard, with the reliability of any other internet
>> statistic, that about 20% of the readers in the romance
>> genre are men.  Has anyone done a comparable survey ("the
>> plural of anecdote is not data") to find out what
>> percentage of the men's adventure fiction genre readers
>> are women?
> 
> No idea, but nice to know I am not alone in the men reading 
> romances department.
> 
> -- Michael

I am seriously NOT in the men reading romances department, and perhaps 
that is what has hampered my enjoyment of _Sharing Knife_ so far, but 
there are exceptions, notably the Vorkosigan stuff, and Chalion as well. 
  I also enjoyed the four-part series of Elektra and Daredevil, *in the 
original issues where Elektra first appeared*.  And _Sunshine_.  And a 
few other odds and ends.  But I generally avoid any indication of 
romance in fiction.

I know this is not what you asked, but I think you are asking for 
marketing purposes?  What sells?  For me, I love a good mystery, in any 
genre.  SF mystery, Fantasy mystery, mystery mystery, even 
techno-thriller/adventure mystery, if it's well-written.  I see no 
reason why nearly any niche genre can't have a mystery story (slash 
mystery?).

--Mark Allums