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Originally Posted by crich70
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.
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I'm not so sure of that. I edit on the side and I have one client who does some romance, but mainly does mystery--because mystery is actually selling better than romance. There are actually two erotica/romance publishers who have mentioned slowing sales and are having sales issues.
If you look at which ads are the most expensive right now, it's mystery/thriller by a LARGE margin. That is what is selling, especially in indie-world.
Now, that doesn't mean that is what is being written, but from what I can see, it's not skewed as much to romance as in the past.
I've also noticed (and read) the superhero genre.
