Market Research?

by Mark J Braybrook
19th April 2014

How many of us do actual market research before starting our novels? What I mean by this is does anyone come up with an outline of a novel and then go to the local book shop or library to see if the proposed novel will be in with chance against what is already there?

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Thanks everyone for your comments - reaffirms my confidence in what I do! Enjoy the holiday, everyone.

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Mark J
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Mark J Braybrook
20/04/2014

I'm with Jonathan And Adrian on this one.

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Ritesh Nimmagadda
20/04/2014

It depends if ireally need to do some research on something then i would do it eg. For historical books.

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