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Analyze comp titles, genre trends, pricing strategies, and market positioning

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name: market-research
description: Analyze comp titles, genre trends, pricing strategies, and market positioning
author: AuthorClaw
version: 1.0.0
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  - "genre trends"
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# Market Research Skill

Help authors understand their market and position their books for success.

## Comp Title Analysis
- Find 3-5 comparable titles in the same genre/subgenre
- Analyze: cover style, blurb structure, pricing, reviews, ranking
- Identify what readers love and hate about comps
- Find the gap your book fills

## Genre Trend Analysis
- Current bestseller patterns in the target genre
- Emerging subgenres and tropes
- What's oversaturated vs. underserved
- Seasonal patterns (romance in Feb, horror in Oct, etc.)

## Pricing Strategy
- Genre-appropriate price points
- Launch pricing vs. regular pricing
- Series pricing strategy (loss leader book 1)
- KDP Select vs. wide distribution considerations

## Reader Expectations
- Must-have tropes for the genre
- Deal-breaker elements readers avoid
- Cover design expectations
- Blurb conventions

## Sources (Research Allowlist)
- Amazon bestseller lists
- Goodreads trending
- BookStat / Data Guy reports
- Publisher's Marketplace
- Genre-specific communities

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