This readme file was generated on [2026-04-29] by [Anna Zatora]


GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: Literary Horror in Poland — Survey for Publishers 

Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Anna Zatora
ORCID: 0000-0003-4597-5568
Institution: University of Lodz
Address: ul. Pomorska 171/173, 90-236 Łódź (Poland)
Email: anna.zatora@lib.uni.lodz.pl


- Date of data collection: from 2025-11-15, to 2026-02-23.
- Geographic location of data collection: Poland.
- Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This research was funded by the National Science Centre, Poland, project no. 2025/09/X/HS2/00397.


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Data available under a CC BY license.
- Recommended citation for this dataset: Zatora A. (2026). Literary Horror in Poland — Survey for Publishers. Dataset. University of Lodz Repository, HANDLE.


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

File List: 
Form_original_Polish — The original survey form that respondents received (in Polish). The form was created using Microsoft Forms and saved as a PDF. 
Form_translate_English — The survey form has been translated into English and saved as a PDF file.  
Survey_results_in_Polish_anonymized — The survey results in Polish were downloaded directly from the Microsoft Forms after the survey was completed. The results have been anonymized: data that could identify the publisher (publisher name, brand/imprint owner, additional comments) has been removed. 
ReadMe — This file with metadata.

- Relationship between files, if important: "Form_translate_English" is a translation of "Form_original_Polish" from Polish into English. File "Survey_results_in_Polish_anonymized" contains the answers to the question included in the survey described as "Form_original_Polish".
- Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: The data containing the complete survey results in non-anonymized form are available from the researcher responsible for the study (Anna Zatora). 
- Are there multiple versions of the dataset? — No.

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Description of project — https://radon.nauka.gov.pl/dane/profil/6895797b6c775c7b87d5973a 

Methods for processing the data: The data was exported to the current formats from Microsoft Forms and processed by the researcher.

Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Not applicable.