A fair amount of the fantasy these days is supernatural romance novels. That appears to have a big cross over following (both fantasy and romance) for these books. There are also a lot of SF novels that are part of the specific universes (Star Wars mostly, as far as I can tell). That's where the money is. There are still SF (and Fantasy) authors out there producing books. People like David Weber, Jack Campbell, Elizabeth Moon and the like. There are even new authors coming out, but really you have to be very good to make a living at it. The SF&F market has not been very big since the 80's.
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