That said,
a lot of romance readers enjoy it as women's fiction (there's quite an overlap between audiences.)
Also, it's a cost thing for
a lot of romance readers.
A lot of romance readers have tropes they absolutely love.
The thing
a lot of romance readers know is that this model, in which a virgin meets a worldly, wealthy man who educates her in the ways of her own body, in which she is shocked to find that she enjoys sex, including non-procreative sex, is not new.
Not exact matches
Romance doesn't have a lot of conventions, unlike SFF, (or at least it didn't — it's expanding too,) so it's not surprising Romantic Times got inundated, as romance has been at the forefront of e-books, self - pub romances, small press publication, shorter fiction publications (novellas & collections,) and author - reader inter
Romance doesn't have a
lot of conventions, unlike SFF, (or at least it didn't — it's expanding too,) so it's not surprising Romantic Times got inundated, as
romance has been at the forefront of e-books, self - pub romances, small press publication, shorter fiction publications (novellas & collections,) and author - reader inter
romance has been at the forefront
of e-books, self - pub
romances, small press publication, shorter fiction publications (novellas & collections,) and author -
reader interaction.
That steamy
romance may not be well - suited for your Facebook feed, but could get a
lot of traction amongst the
romance readers of Tumblr.
They're really paranormal
romance, which wouldn't bother me, but would disappoint a
lot of readers.
I am not a
reader in the
romance world, so I have not heard
of Jamie McGuire, but it sounds like a
lot of other people have.
I would bet that the reason so many
romance authors and
readers find each other here at Smashwords is that they have found a place where they are not treated as second - class citizens, and authors can make a little money, sometimes a
lot of money, and
readers can find a great
romance novel without paying an arm and leg for it.
I have a
lot of books that were called «
romance» although I did not call them that which has caused me to have fans and some serious haters amongst hard core
romance readers who claim I need to back away from «their books» and stop calling mine that.
The reason a
lot of women write
romance is because most
readers of romance are women.»
In
romance, and sci fi, for instance, a
lot of voracious
readers seem to be in KU, so if you're in those genres, it's probably pretty important to look at it hard as part
of your mix.
Romance readers tend to plow through a
lot of books!
I've noticed that there's a
lot of churn in those
romance categories, but in some other categories, where
readers might take longer to consume books on average, it may be easier to stay in the charts without publishing every month (if you have thoughts on this, feel free to comment below!).
This was illustrated by rival ebook subscription service Scribd when it dumped
lots of romance and erotica titles from its line - up in July because they were too popular with
readers and cost the company too much.