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downmarket genres sell well in digital because genres like horror and science fiction are dead at retail.
i don't know why peoples reading tastes are a source of embarrassment. they'll openly admit to loving tripe in every other entertainment media but for some reason what they like to read is a dirty little secret. don't tell me you love adam sandler movies while sneering at my zombie novels.
unless you consider someone like cormac mccarthy literary fiction, you will never find it in my home. you will never find a biography, history book or non-fiction work(i do have a few books left from when i went through a civil war phase) on my shelves. what you will find on my shelves and in my kindle are horror, science fiction, and fantasy. i don't want to read about a middle aged woman's journey of self-discovery or what some bougie stranger's list tells me is good, i want to read about space marines, zombies, ship to ship combat in space, warriors fighting dragons, people being savaged by monsters, etc.
life is too short for me to give even an iota of a rat's behind what people think of my entertainment choices.
and to the authors of the "trash" i enjoy: keep up the good work.
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