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Now academic research further challenges the image of eccentric hobbyists scribbling away in their sheds by revealing that it is middle-aged and well-educated women who dominate the growing e-publishing market.Alison Baverstock, an associate professor in publishing at Kingston University, Surrey, said her research showed a clear gender split, with 65% of self-publishers being women and 35% men. Nearly two-thirds of all self-publishers are aged 41 to 60, with a further 27% aged over 61. Half are in full-time employment, 32% have a degree and 44% a higher degree.
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And I wager most of those 65% are writing in the Romance genre. Perhaps not all of them but the majority. Romance has always been a big market from what I've been given to understand and it makes sense that as more women than men write Romances that they would have a bigger share of the market.