The folks at Hiptype have come up with a delightful infographic detailing ”The DNA of a successful book,” broken down into content, genres, and readers. It has a very slight pro-ebook slant, relating that over 82 percent of ebook readers live in cities, for instance. But it’s all good, worthwhile stuff. Will it help retain the 30 percent of readers who stop reading after page 50? Maybe. Especially if you don’t paginate your ebook …
This infographic dates to August 2012, and was created by a startup that shut down over a year ago.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/06/28/hiptype-shuts-down-cites-lack-of-support-from-major-ebook-platforms/