For avid readers: Would you be interested in a book timeline? Yes or no, and how much would you pay?

I wouldn't buy a poster for myself (but, caveat, I don't buy any posters for myself). I prefer seeing my books lined up in bookshelves (alphabetized and categorized into hard covers and soft covers). I might, however, buy one for a friend (if he/she actually hangs posters). Price? Most posters are competitive around $10.00. If the paper was extra special, though, I might splurge for a more expensive one.

Thanks for the A2A. No, I wouldn't buy such a poster, for the simple reason that most books I've read aren't particularly memorable. There's no method to my reading, as I choose books (from a library or bookstore) for a wide variety of reasons and interests. The books I really like go on a certain shelf, the rest I donate to the library so they can be sold at their book sales. If I don't care for a book, I don't bother finishing it, which is another reason I wouldn't buy the timeline/ poster.

I actually had a blog for a while that I recorded and reviewed every book I read over about 5 years or so. It was handy for reference and I still refer to it sometimes. Unfortunately, I didn't log in for a long time and completely forgot the email it was attached to and the password, so no more updating. :(  If anyone is interested:  http://angiemademedoit.blogspot.com/   I'm not sure if I would buy a poster though. I may go back to doing it the old fashioned way, in a tiny Moleskin notebook.

Since I was asked to answer: I wouldn't (unless it was free), but I can see why someone would. First of all, I am not a voracious reader. I read slowly, with great care. I can imagine that someone who reads more than a hundred books a year might have trouble keeping track of them all. I don't. Second, I already keep a list of books I've read, and I don't particularly care whether others see it. I think a service like this could make a good talking point, but I find it difficult to talk about books because I have specialized tastes that few share. Besides, I don't often like to linger on a book when I finish. I give them away, more often than not. (Some books just return to my thoughts naturally, and that can't be helped.) The kinds of people you should target are people for whom books are not just important, but central. This is probably the core demographic for sites like Goodreads.

I would not pay for a timeline, though I think it could be a cool idea for some people One reason why it is not for me is that some of the books I have read I may not have enjoyed too much - a foible of mine is that if I start a book I have to read it however much I hate it. Gravities Rainbow took two years at an average of a page a day - purgatory I already log my books on Goodreads and it has a function that shows you the covers of books read in a particular year

A2A. Wouldn't probably buy one. If I really wanted such a poster, I'd probably create one myself. But I think there would be a small segment of people who'd love to buy this - though more as a gift than as a personal record of books they have read (depends on the price of course).

In my case, I believe this would work better as a gift for someone else than as an item for myself. I could be interested in a poster with portraits of my favorite authors, though. If you have a prototype of your idea and believe it's appropriate, then share it with us. You'll probably get more insightful comments that way.

Like a lot of other people said, I would probably buy it for someone else as a gift. As for the amount I pay, it would depend on how good the poster is :) How do you propose to find out the books people read? Because if they are anything like me, they have probably tried to make a timeline themselves and failed miserably. It is a PAIN to remember and/or chronicle all the books someone has read in case of your target audience. Otherwise, this is definitely an intriguing idea.