I planned to discount the new book, with the thought that most
mystery readers like to read a series from the beginning and will also buy the first book at full price.
The nagging question has long been (at least among male
mystery readers like me): Do female - penned novels offer up enough grittiness, or do...
Not exact matches
Tough introduces
readers to the psychologists, neuroscientists, and economists who are solving the
mysteries of character, exploring traits
like perseverance, optimism, grit, curiosity, and conscientiousness.
In some genres (especially high - volume «pulp» genres
like romance, science fiction, fantasy, and, to a lesser extent,
mysteries),
readers often expect anything shorter than a full - length book (fifty thousand or more words) to be priced $ 0.99, while full length pieces are generally priced $ 2.99 — $ 4.99.
Open Season will please both
mystery buffs and mainstream fiction
readers; give it with confidence to anyone who
likes either Nevada Barr or Ivan Doig.
It's your hard work and you want
readers to see it because if they
like cozy
mysteries they will love your book.
There, the Lord Chamberlain to Justinian investigates the murder of a young woman, but finds the
mystery changes slightly with each suspect he interviews until its threads envelope him
like a spider's web threatening his life and the lives of those he loves.Keeping the
mystery tight, and the writing clear, the story comes to a satisfactory and satisfying conclusion, depositing this
reader back in her arm chair... and keeping in mind the politics of Justinian and Theodora, with her head safely on her shoulders.
Readers of Scandinavian
mysteries from authors
like Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø or Karin Fossum will surely enjoy Heivoll's superb sense of place and his depiction of this isolated village, surrounded by forest but still lit almost all night in the middle of summer.
Whether type one or two, they are all children of Eco in the sense that they appeal primarily to
readers who
like their
mysteries on the highbrow side.
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (Berkley, May 3) This one is perfect for
readers who
like their «women with secrets» stories with a dash of traditional
mystery.
35 % of KU
readers cite romance as their favorite genre, but genres dominated by traditionally published big - name authors
like James Patterson in
Mystery / Thriller are less likely to be in KU.
I think
readers who enjoy English
mysteries and
like books set in two or more periods will also enjoy this book.
I feel
like I got a solid introduction to
mystery readers and name recognition.
My ideal
reader is a 28 - year - old married mother of two who works full time as a project manager, and
likes to read cozy
mysteries in her off hours.
Fading away is a format that was both inexpensive and widely accessible — thrillers and
mysteries and romances by authors
like James Patterson, Stephen King, Clive Cussler and Nora Roberts that were purchased not to be proudly displayed on a living room shelf (and never read), but to be addictively devoured by devoted
readers.
There are pockets of passionate
readers springing up everywhere —
readers groups, special interest book bloggers, chat rooms and forums about all kinds of books,
like romance fiction, thrillers,
mysteries, fantasy - sci - fi, or nonfiction categories
like parenting, travel, cooking..
For example, if you were the author of an Amazon Kindle paranormal murder
mystery featuring a private detective, you might choose the following BISAC codes in the hopes of reaching the
mystery readers and the paranormal
readers who
like P.I. protagonists.
So if the
reader likes your article or how - to piece, and they see you also write thrillers or
mysteries, that's a potential plank in your platform.
For cozy
mysteries,
readers tend to
like cat pictures and recipes.
Romance,
like other genre novels — paranormals of various kinds, thrillers,
mysteries, and some YA sell extremely well because their
readers expect not just one novel but an entire series (we meet Dan Brown's protagonist, Robert Langdon, in book after book), which they also expect to buy.
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What can you give the woman whose work has only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare for her birthday?The answer to that question is a
mystery to me (ha), but since tomorrow is Agatha Christie's birthday,
readers might
like to celebrate by learning more about her life.
Like most
mystery lovers, I am a serial
reader and I would have bought the whole series if they had been priced along the lines of how Amazon priced the Ed McBain 87th Precinct
mysteries ($ 1.99 to $ 4.99) or the Gladys Mitchell Mrs. Bradley
mysteries ($ 1.99 to $ 3.99).
Readers of mainstream genres
like romance and erotica decided to pursue digital copy early as
Mystery / Thrillers and Sci - Fi / Fantasy started to follow the footsteps of the mentioned genres.
Zoe
liked the fact that cozy
mysteries are able to offer
readers a form of escapism that typical detective stories can't.
In response I explained my reasoning, and still feel that my old disclosure policy (which explicitly mentioned Amazon Associates revenue) gave
readers the information they needed to judge any possible conflicts of interest, but I've made it even more explicit so there's no
mystery as to how I make (not very much) money from this site: Google Adsense, Amazon Associates, blog subscriptions, and personal referral links to sites
like TopCashBack (the same links anyone else gets when they open an account).
There has to be a problem or conflict to resolve that is somehow compelling to the
reader: 1) Conflict — two implacable foes battling for truth — hell, who cares who's right; it's the struggle people buy 2) A narrative — A lone scientists struggle to understand a fundamental
mystery of nature 3) Read my research or die — This really works best with flesh - eating bacteria and things
like that.
Genre-wise I am a fairly eclectic
reader, as I
like to read fantasy, realistic fiction, dystopian, historical fiction, and some
mysteries.