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1. Thank You for your Participation

We thank you for taking part in our survey. There are 36 questions and your answers will help us to improve the BookCrossing website. Upon completion you'll be entered for a chance to win one of several gifts, including an iPod. Questions with an asterisk must be filled completely for the survey to be valid and all blanks in the asterisked questions must be completed (even if the response is "None")

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* 1. How long have you been a BookCrossing member?
(We’re not comparing this survey to the membership database, so please humor us and fill this in)

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* 2. What speed Internet connection do you have?

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* 3. Where do you live?

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* 4. How frequently do you visit the BookCrossing website?

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* 5. Please rank the top 3 the reasons that you visit the BookCrossing website? (#1 = most important)

 
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* 6. Do you visit other sites associated with the BookCrossing movement (e.g., Yahoo Group, individual BookCrossing members’ sites, BookCrossing blogging communities, Cliff’s Wish List site, etc.)?
(If yes, please go to Question 7. If no, please go directly to Question 8)

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* 7. Please list the top sites (associated with the BC movement) you have visited in the past 3 months.

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* 8. Do you have a blog or personal website? (If yes, please go to Question 9. If no, please go directly to Question 10)

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* 9. How frequently do you update it?

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* 10. Have you purchased products from the Supply Store? (If yes, please go to Question 11. If no, please go directly to Question 14)

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* 11. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your overall experience as a BookCrossing Supply Store customer (10 = “Excellent”)?

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* 12. If you rated your experience 7 or below, please describe the reason(s) we didn’t get a “10” in your book:

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* 13. On average, how often do you make purchases from the BookCrossing Supply Store?

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* 14. If you don’t buy from the Supply Store, why not? (if you do, skip to Question 15)

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* 15. Have you ever attended a BookCrossing Convention? (If yes, please go to Question 16. If no, please go directly to Question 17)

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* 16. If yes, please check which ones you have attended (please select all that apply)

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* 17. If you answered “no” above, what kept you from attending? (please select all that apply)

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* 18. Would any of the circumstances below enable you to attend a BookCrossing Convention? (please select all that apply)

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* 19. Do you belong to any online social networks? (please select all that apply. If you don't belong to any, leave blank)

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* 20. How many people have you met in real life through BookCrossing?

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* 21. How many friends have you made “virtually” through BookCrossing?
(Define “friend” however you like – we suggest things such as exchanging emails on a regular basis, speaking on the phone or via IM, exchanging birthday/holiday gifts, etc.)

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* 22. Have you ever participated in a BookCrossing gathering at a coffee shop, bookstore or other location with other BC members? (If yes, please go to Question 23. If no, please go directly to Question 27)

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* 23. How frequently do you attend these local meetings?

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* 24. What was the name of the business where the meeting took place?

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* 25. Did you buy anything while you were there (beverage, books, food, other)? (If yes, please go to Question 26. If no, please go directly to Question 27)

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* 26. How much did you spend?

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* 27. Would you be interested in meeting more BookCrossing members either online or in your area?

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* 28. Rank the following features you would most like to see on the BookCrossing website.

  Would most like to see Fine regardless Least important
IM/Chat
Blogs
BookCrossing mailing supplies for Book Rings and Book Rays
Ability to facilitate book trades (even for additional BC fees)
Picture upload
Video upload
Book Reviews
Maps of book releases or book travels
Ability to annotate my book list with my personal descriptive information (e.g., book category, how long it took to read, if it might be worth reading again, etc.)
Ability to integrate other sources of information into my bookshelf (e.g., news on books, other book reviews, other information in which I am interested)
Better ways to find books in which I might be interested
Better ways to find my own books that I have registered

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* 29. If BookCrossing offered an Enhanced Membership Program with significant additional features, would you be willing to pay a membership fee that directly supported the website? (The core functions of the site will remain free!)

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* 30. What other items would you like to see in the BookCrossing Supply Store?
(fill in the blanks)

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* 31. On average, how many books do you READ per month?

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* 32. On average, how many books do you BUY per month?

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* 33. Since joining BookCrossing, how do you rate your book buying habits?

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* 34. When you buy books, what % of the books are new/used?

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* 35. If there was anything not covered in this survey that you would like us to know, please add your comments here:

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* 36. To be entered into our drawing for a free gift, please provide your correctly spelled screen name. We will send you a message if you are the winner.
(This information will only be used for the purposes of the random drawing…we guarantee that your contact information will NOT be used for any marketing purposes and will not be sold to any 3rd party marketer)

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