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29 Sep 2000
Please help Locus Online focus its available time and budget and plan its future by indicating which sections of this website you find especially interesting and/or worthwhile.

We're not asking how often you read a particular section (since you might consult a listing or index rarely, but find it invaluable when you do), as much as whether or not you'd miss that section were it no longer on the site. So:

   'Always' = 'always read it' or 'consider it an essential part of the site';
   'Never' = 'never read it' or 'wouldn't miss it'

6 Oct 2000
Survey closed -- form disabled.

  always  usually  sometimes  rarely  never
(material from Locus Magazine)
• Locus Bestsellers
• New & Notable Books
• Convention Listings
 
(material adapted from Locus Magazine)
• Excerpts from author interviews
• Book selections (sampled reviews of 2 books/month)
• Story selections (selected short fiction reviews)
• Future Books: selected forthcoming titles sorted by month
 
  always  usually  sometimes  rarely  never
(original online material similar to that in Locus Magazine)
• SF News (publishing, awards, obits, etc.)
• News Log headlines and links
• Weekly listings of new SFFH books
• Weekly listings of new Nonfiction books
  • -- (NF books directly related to SF)
  • -- (associated NF books about science, tech, literature, etc.)
• Weekly listings of new magazines
• Weekly listings of new e-publications
• Weekly compilation of SFFH books on general bestseller lists
• Author appearance listings (sorted by author/host/date)
• Letters
• Editorials
• Classified Ads
• Banner Ads of SFFH interest
• Generic banner ads
 
  always  usually  sometimes  rarely  never
(original online material)
• Field Inspections (links and excerpts of SFFH reviews in general publications)
• Media Refractions (news and links about SFFH movies and TV)
• Aether Vibrations (news/links/quotes/etc. on non-SF but associated topics)
• Cumulative index of 2000 books, with links to reviews, bestseller lists, etc.
• Future movies: selected forthcoming films sorted by month
• Links portal and pages
• Index to book reviews in Locus Magazine
• Index to interviews in Locus Magazine
 
(elsewhere online)
• The Locus Index to Science Fiction
• The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards


What about these ideas for future sections? ('Always' = 'this sounds like something I'd definitely be interested in'; 'Never' = 'of no possible interest to me, don't bother')
  always  usually  sometimes  rarely  never
• Book reviews (other than those from Locus Magazine)
• Short fiction reviews (other than those from Locus Magazine)
• Interviews (other than those from Locus Magazine)
• Movie reviews
• Expanded coverage of movie/TV news
• Coverage of games, comics, anime, etc.
• Coverage of space and science news
• Coverage of general publishing and literary news
• Coverage of e-publishing news
• Complete index to books reviewed in Locus Magazine
• Index to obituaries in Locus Magazine
• Convention reports
• Photos
• Other ideas of your own?


How about these ideas for future expansions of the site? (This doesn't necessarily mean we're considering these ideas soon -- if ever.) Rank each idea high only if you think you'd actually read or use it.

  always  usually  sometimes  rarely  never
• E-mail newsletter summarizing what's new on the website
• Complete contents of Locus Magazine on the website, for free
• Complete contents of Locus Magazine, password protected for subscribers only
• One or two featured (complete) Locus book reviews, monthly
• All current Locus book reviews
• Archive of older book reviews
• Complete current interviews (not just excerpts)
• Archive of obituaries
• Current (2000) Locus Index to Science Fiction, password protected for subscribers only
• Index of book reviews in SFFH genre magazines
• The Locus Guide to Science Fiction: guides to writers, types of books, themes of SF, etc., with links to reviews, interviews; designed in part as entry level material for newer readers
• Other ideas of your own?

Follow-on questions...

Subscribers: if the entire contents of Locus Magazine were available on the website, would you still subscribe to the print edition of the magazine? (Be honest!)
Yes No

Suppose only the current issue was available on the website, and then removed after one month for the next issue. Would you subscribe to the print edition of the magazine?
Yes No

If a CD-ROM compilation of complete Locus book reviews were offered for sale, would be interested in purchasing it?
Yes No

If a CD-ROM of the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards (when complete) were offered for sale, would be interested in purchasing it?
Yes No

Have you ever purchased books through Amazon.com (or Amazon UK) via the links on Locus Online?
Yes No

Have you ever clicked on an SFFH-related banner ad on Locus Online??
Yes No


General comments: anything in particular you like or dislike about Locus Online not covered above?

How often do you visit Locus Online?
times per week; times per month; rarely

Do you read Locus magazine?
Yes (subscribe) Yes (don't subscribe) No


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