New Paid Subscriber Tier and Benefits
If you enjoy my content, use the resources I've created, participate in my voting brackets and polls—consider becoming a paid subscriber.
I’ve just launched a paid subscriber tier for Romancing the Data! If you enjoy my content, use the resources I've created, participate in my voting brackets and polls—please consider becoming a paid subscriber.
My dream is to continue devoting time to this work, but I also need money to live. Capitalism is a such a drag 😂
To sweeten the deal, I’m offering a bit of extra romancing to paid subscribers. For the low price of US$5/month, you’ll be able to:
Attend a monthly virtual hangout with me, that will feature trivia/games, AMA (Ask Me Anything), chats about romance and data, and general good vibes (targeting to hold the first one on Wednesday, April 2).
Suggest questions for my Romance Reader Pulse Check weekly poll on Instagram, plus access the paid subscribers-only archive of questions, results, and commentary.
Provide input on future voting brackets!!
Participate in the paid subscribers-only chat group (more details on themes/topics to come!).
My Story
I started Romancing the Data last year after being laid off from my corporate communications job of 16 years. After years of the 9-5 grind, I was looking for a creative outlet. The idea sparked after a book club meeting, when I had the urge to (wait for it…) create a spreadsheet to organize a list of romance books. I thought, how can I combine my love of data and spreadsheets with my passion for romance books? 🤓📊💜📚
Inspired by the amazing Bachelor Data account on Instagram, my brain started buzzing with ideas and it hasn’t really stopped since! And honestly, I’m feeling the happiest and most creatively fulfilled I have in a long time.
Since then, I’ve determined my 3 main goals for Romancing the Data are to:
Conduct and share awesome data analysis about romance books
Create helpful resources for romance readers
Spread joy within the romance community
In addition to the paid subscriber benefits listed above, you’ll also be supporting all the other research and resources I’m working on:
Best of the Best Romance Books
I started Romancing the Data with the launch of my Best of the Best series, which identifies and ranks the best romance books by analyzing numerous best-of lists in a category to determine which books appeared on the most lists. So far, I’ve published five lists, including:
Plus, I’m launching a new list next week!
If you’re someone who gets overwhelmed by too many lists and recommendations, you might find my meta-analysis approach—which essentially combines the results of many lists—to be helpful!
Romance Directories
To help readers navigate the world of romance books, I’ve started creating handy directories to house the romance data I compile. Designed to be easily searched and filtered, the directories include:
Best Romance Books: Directory of all the “Best of the Best” romance books, based on my analysis of 135+ best-of book lists.
Romance Bookstores: Directory of online, physical, and pop-up romance bookstores, with a map of all the physical stores.
Romance Book Podcasts: Directory of 260+ active and inactive romance book podcasts.
Voting Brackets
Running an epic romance voting bracket was another idea I had early on for Romancing the Data. I made it happen in February with the Lisa Kleypas Historical Hero Showdown and it was SO. MUCH. FUN. Check out the video below to see highlights from the two weeks of voting, during which romance fans cast 7,629 votes!! Stay tuned for more voting brackets to come. I will also be asking for input on voting brackets from my paid subscribers!
Romance Research
I recently launched the Romance Reader Pulse Check, a weekly Instagram poll about the reading habits and preferences of romance readers. As a paid subscriber, you will be able to suggest questions for the weekly poll and access the archive of questions, results, and commentary on the blog.
I also share lots of other romance-related data—to date I’ve covered topics like romance bookstores, romance book podcasts, Canadian romance authors, and Canadian libraries.
Subgenre Spotlight
Last fall I kicked off a Subgenre Spotlight series with a deep dive on Paranormal Romance. In each spotlight post, I share data about the subgenre, including web search trends, number of books, bestseller analysis, and social media hashtags. I hope to publish more of this series in the future!
If you’re unable to take on a new subscription at this time, I also accept donations through Ko-fi.
Thank you so much for your support!
And, as always, happy reading!
💜 Lady Jane