Sentences with phrase «mystery than romance»

More mystery than romance, the backdrop of the «sang» (ginseng) trade is intriguing and the suspects are as thick as the surrounding woods.

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It's a mystery how actors like Ronan, Diane Kruger and William Hurt got involved in the project, because they've all proven that they're much better than this tween romance garbage.

At times, this honestly does come off as more of a romance with some comedy thrown in than an actual mystery / thriller, and the editing does it no favors.

Over the course of her dynamic career she has sold over seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, suspense and erotica.

You will be spoiled for choice from the more than 1 million free ebooks available in 8 subjects including biographies, mystery novels, romance and religion.

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.

Over the course of her dynamic career she has sold over seven hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, and young adult fiction.

Romance, mystery and thrillers may capture all the headlines, but take a peek at non-fiction categories and you'll find many writers (who aren't Kon Mari surprise hits and celebrities) making a more than decent income.

Ads for Romance, YA Fantasy, and Mystery novels featuring the redesigned covers were up to 53 % more effective than those with the original covers.

Patricia McLinn is a USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 books that include mystery, romance, and westerns She began her novel writing career with Silhouette Books (Harlequin) and was nominated for and won several writing awards, but her career really took off when she decided to go indie.

Of these ebooks, most independently published ones have a larger market share than traditionally published ones when broken down into genres: Self - published romance, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy all sell better from indie authors or Kindle imprints than they do from traditional publishers.»

In terms of fiction, Amazon's imprints have had far more luck with genre titles than with literary fiction, and AmazonCrossing is no different — the successes it most often touts are mysteries, thrillers, and romances.

I've heard genres other than mystery (romance, for example) have opened participation to writers from myriad publishing venues.

And I really had to wonder why there was no fantasy other than The Hobbit, little mystery other than Miss Marple and Walter Mosley, whom she really likes, and her take on romance is pretty stereotyped (and negative.)

If you have an insatiable appetite for PIRATES and romance with MYSTERY thrown in, than you are in for a great ride with the BANDITS series.

If you see that romance is much more popular than mystery at the moment, you might reconsider how you pitch your book.

According to Romance Writers of America, romance sells more books than mystery, science fiction / fantasy, and religious / inspirational Romance Writers of America, romance sells more books than mystery, science fiction / fantasy, and religious / inspirational romance sells more books than mystery, science fiction / fantasy, and religious / inspirational genres.

According to the Romance Writers of America ®, the romance fiction industry is worth $ 1.08 billion dollars a year, * which makes it about a third larger than the inspirational book industry, and about the size of the mystery novel genre and science fiction / fantasy genre markets coRomance Writers of America ®, the romance fiction industry is worth $ 1.08 billion dollars a year, * which makes it about a third larger than the inspirational book industry, and about the size of the mystery novel genre and science fiction / fantasy genre markets coromance fiction industry is worth $ 1.08 billion dollars a year, * which makes it about a third larger than the inspirational book industry, and about the size of the mystery novel genre and science fiction / fantasy genre markets combined.

After getting feedback from friends and family, she sent queries to more than 100 agents, but since it was a cross genre story (with elements of romance, suspense and mystery), it didn't fit neatly on retail book shelves and got rejected as a «tough sell.»

But then, I do tend to gravitate toward historical mystery and historical romance rather than straight historical fiction — though I do enjoy the latter as well.

Those who prefer dedicated e-readers are more likely to read romance, mystery, literary fiction, and general fiction than are users of other types of devices.

And to be completely realistic, if you're a genre writer — romance, mystery, horror, thrillers and the like — your odds of getting reviewed by the majors aren't much better than winning the lottery.

I do have a blovel out there with an adult element in it, shall we say, but it's contemporary romance rather than erotica, with mystery thrown in.

In fact, what began as a program only for writers of mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and thrillers in April 2011, this week is blowing open its frontiers to authors in more than 60 categories.

The biggest genres in that category for e-books in 2014 were general fiction, romance, suspense, mystery and fantasy, which were all more than 50 % e-book.

For example, those who prefer dedicated e-readers were more likely to select general fiction, mystery, literary fiction, or romance as key e-book genres than users of other types of devices.

The growth of ebooks varies widely among the different publishing categories with their deepest penetration focused in fiction, particularly in the mystery / detective, romance, and science fiction categories, where ebooks accounted for more than 20 percent of 2012 spending.

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