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I tend to think that those are genres that people are able to read pretty quickly. I have read my fair share of Paranormal Sci Fi (I love Kim Harrison and Jim Butcher sometimes) . Most are not exactly tough reads. They are fun and enjoyable but they are not challenging. Since I read mostly for fun, I am fine with that.
My point? Fun and easy but not challenging tends to mean that you can get through the book pretty quickly. Which means that you are looking for more material. Which probably leads to looking for books that are less expensive, lets face it if you are reading 2-5 books a week price matters more than if you are reading a book every week or two. This leads to experimenting with Indies. There are a ton of books out there and their price point is drasticly cheaper than the mainstream press. Not to mention, many Indie publishers, at least the ones I have seen posting on baords, tend to have a backlog of books that they have been trying to sell for a while so you have regular publication of books.
Not a bad formula for success. Fans who love reading, are looking for good books, at a cheap price and authors who have not had success with the Big 6 who have a back log of material. Get them together and bam you have a good amount of sales and some happy campers.
All of this is speculation on my part.
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