I’ve just published the second in a series of five reader polls. You can check out the first poll here. Poll 2 asks whether readers have bought one or more books after seeing a book trailer, like this one for The Sea Sisters which turned up in my Facebook feed. It’s a marketing tool more writers are making use of, and I’m interested in seeing how effective these are. You can answer the poll here. Please leave a comment if you would like. Tomorrow, I’ll be polling about likeable protagonists versus central characters that keep the reader at a distance. In my work as a literary consultant, I often hear publishers and agents expressing reservations about a main character that is well-drawn but unsympathetic. I’m now interested to see what the readers themselves think on the matter. Do we need to identify or sympathise with our central character? Look out for my feedback on the results in the coming weeks. And if you are writer who would like to suggest a poll topic, do get in touch.