Thanks for the recommendations, everyone!
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
Female authors may be underrepresented in specific genres like SciFi and Mystery, but they've been dominating fiction publishing for at least a decade. Often this is blamed on the fact that females comprise the largest number of readers (by a huge margin, with regard to fiction), but some have suggested that publishing houses have played a big part in creating this trend, by favoring books geared towards women.
Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population |
Great article, I haven't really thought about it, thanks! It's interesting too to think about how other products are tied to books. Over here in Canada, the biggest chain we have is Chapters, and it morphed over the years to sell interior design knick knacks and cute stationary in pastel colours and bird/floral silhouettes. I guess the underlying assumption is that a lot of these customers are women who like to buy these sort of knick knacks for their home. Fascinating.