Velverie Research
Research Library

Everything we know about romance readers.

Six streams of ongoing research — reader behaviour, market forces, competitors, growth channels, design patterns, and product decisions.
36
Reports total
12
Complete
24
Not yet written
6
Streams
Stream
Reader Behaviour
How romance readers actually choose books — mood, trope, social proof, TBR psychology, and what makes them DNF.
3 done5 neededExplore →
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Market Analysis
The romance publishing landscape — trad vs indie, KU economics, where readers spend money and why.
2 done4 neededExplore →
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Competitive
Goodreads, StoryGraph, Fable — what they do well, where they fail romance readers, and where Velverie wins.
4 done2 neededExplore →
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Marketing & Growth
How to reach romance readers — BookTok strategy, Reddit participation, first 100 followers, social to email nurture.
0 done6 neededExplore →
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Design Gaps
UI patterns in romance apps — what works, what reads as cold, what makes a screen feel built for readers.
2 done3 neededExplore →
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Product
Trope taxonomy validation, Goodreads import psychology, 1-star review corpus — what readers actually complain about.
1 done4 neededExplore →