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Audience Growth

How to Find Your Ideal Book Reader

December 16, 2025 · 7 min read

Comparable titles, reader reviews, and shelving behaviour tell you more than any demographic profile.

Your ideal reader already reads. The fastest way to find them is to study what they read now.

Collect ten comparable titles. Read their reviews closely — especially the three-star ones. Readers explain exactly what they wanted and did not get.

Then look at how those books are shelved and categorised. That is where your book needs to appear.

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