I am working on an illustrated book project that features the most
famous trials in recent history ( Manson to Jackson) all highlighted
with illustrations from the trials.  I need to get a
profile/demgraphic of the book buyer for a book similar to this.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 30 Jul 2005 11:39 PDT

Is the book of a scholarly nature, or more like a tabloid? I can
envision such a book taking several different directions, which would
attract very different kinds of readers.

HI Lizillustration,
I have been wondering how that would end after all the clarifications
in the now deleted "answer".  I expect that if anything looking like
the demographics could have been found, it would have been posted.
Perhaps the nearest one could get is publication and sales figures for
similar books, ideally with some breakdown by types of retailers.
The book was described as being directed at the general public,
pictures, etc.  Personally, I find the attraction in on-going trials
to be the uncertainty of the outcoming, rather like a detective novel
or sporting event.  When the trial is over or the game finished, for a
couple of days there may be interest in the analyses, but then it
quickly fades, hence the great rush to publish the books about the
Olympics; a couple of months later, only the persons whose names are
in the book will want to buy it.
But this is just one man's opinion.
Good luck, Myoarin