Are you struggling to decide what regions to promote your book in? Which warehouse should we send a higher stock of Romance Novels? Similar to my last post, let's find out what Google Trends can show us about the places people are looking for major genres and topics.
Book Type/Topic
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Top Subregion
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Second Subregion
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Children’s Books
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Arkansas
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Alabama
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Cook Book
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Vermont
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Oregon
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Christian Book
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Mississippi
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Alabama
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Art Book
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New Jersey
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New York
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History Book
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District of Columbia
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Rhode Island
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Picture Book
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Vermont
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Maine
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Travel Book
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Alaska
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District of Columbia
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Self Help
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District of Columbia
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Californa
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Fantasy Book
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Utah
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District of Columbia
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Science Fiction
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Alaska
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Oregon
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Romance Novel
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Utah
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Alabama
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Biography
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New Jersey
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Florida
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Mystery
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Montana
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Iowa
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Way to go Alabama and District of Columbia! Who knew those two regions are looking for so many books, I wouldn't have known without the help of big data. The regions used can also be narrowed down to countries, states, and even metro areas. You can find out what your key city is interested in before anyone even walks in your bookstore.
by Dexter Nordhues
Dexter,
ReplyDeleteAwesome post! Clear, simple and helpful.
Glows:
- You had great research (via Google Trends) and your language was clear enough to make sense of it all.
- I feel the information in this blog post should be widely spread throughout, yet I wouldn't be surprised if it hasn't (yet). I'm glad our assignment in the coming weeks is to promote our posts. Book writers and sellers need to know this info!
Grows:
- Not necessarily a grow, but I wonder why each region leans a certain way? As we learned in "Everybody Lies," though, it doesn't really matter: When you get the data and notice a consistent trend, it's not necessary to figure out the why behind it. But maybe a call for action in the comments could help with engagement. Kind of like, "If you're reading from one of these areas, comment below! Would love to hear your thoughts as to why you and your neighbors like a particular genre."
Dexter,
ReplyDeleteI liked that you included what top regions were looking for what books in general, I also liked that you included the first top sub region for that genre of the book and that you included a second sub region for the genre of the book as well. I was surprised that Alabama was in the second sub region for Romance and Christian genres. I found that very interesting because in a sense could it be that your data discovered that there are a lot of devoted christians that not only have a love for the person that they love but for God himself? I also liked that District of Columbia showed up in the history and self region, because there so much behind by what that means in a sense to the history of the U.S. For example, in a sense the District of Columbia has the most rich history of the U.S. and is also one of the most independent parts of the US, because there are a lot of people that believe in what they believe in. Some of things you could worked on was providing more context to what that means to you or what it means to the data that your are showing, or how that relates to what your doing your research on.
Sincerely,
Ray