In 2009,
romance fiction accounted for the largest share of the consumer market, with 13.2 %.
Not exact matches
According to
Romance Writers of America, 39 percent of romantic
fiction is published in eBook format, and romantic
fiction accounts for more than $ 1 billion in sales and 13 percent of all adult
fiction.
The Mystery / Thriller, Science
Fiction / Fantasy, and
Romance genres
accounted for 70 % of all the titles on the Amazon bestseller lists.
The report also found that 75 % of the most prolific e-readers are women, with
romance the best - selling genre,
accounting for more than twice the number of units as the next best - selling category -
fiction.
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.
The bestseller lists were Mystery / Thriller, Science
Fiction / Fantasy, and
Romance, including all their sub-categories,
accounting for 70 % of the top 100 bestsellers on Amazon and well over half of the top 1,000 bestsellers.