They plan on still maintaining a robust
catalog of romance books and will manually add and remove books to keep that section fresh.
In the year to date sales
of romance books in the US are down 7.5 %, while science - fiction and fantasy sales are down, even when the effect of Stephenie Meyer is stripped out.
Romance buyers are buying ebooks to a greater extent when compared with other major fiction subgenres and ebook
sales of romance books have proportionally doubled in one year, from 22 % in Q1 2011 to 44 % in Q1 2012.
Free Books include The Millionaire's Ultimate Catch by Michelle M., Balfour Legacy: Mia's Scandal, Wedding at King's Convenience, and all
sorts of romance books.
Diane is very active on Goodreads, tracking her own extensive
library of romance books, writing reviews and following many authors and groups.
In 2016, Howey's report contended, independently self - published books — including print, ebooks and audiobooks — comprised 55
percent of all romance books sold (by unit), 49 percent of all young - adult / teen fiction, 44 percent of science fiction, 37 percent of fantasy and 32 percent of juvenile sci fi.
For this list I'm focusing more on spicy
kinds of romance books because a) sex is just fun and b) the choice of frequently used words was much more interesting.
Among the most interesting
elements of the Romance Book Summit, co-chaired by Nielsen's McLean and BISG's Kat Meyer, is the fact that it's devised to serve both publishers and authors.
As I understand it, Harlequin accounts for over 50 % of the romance market and probably 90 % of what it publishes are category books making 35 - 40 %
of romance books category books.
And the
readers of romance books, in particular people who read independent authors are the most voracious readers in the book world.
As you can see from this small selection, thrillers seem to dominate on Scout although there are also
plenty of romance books in the catalog.
According to one report I read this year, up to 89 %
of all romance book sales are digital.