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Thu 9 Apr, 2009 09:43 am
At a time when booksellers are struggling to lure readers, sales of romance novels are outstripping most other categories of books and giving some buoyancy to an otherwise sluggish market.
Harlequin Enterprises, the queen of the romance world, reported that fourth-quarter earnings were up 32 percent over the same period a year earlier, and Donna Hayes, Harlequin’s chief executive, said that sales in the first quarter of this year remained very strong. While sales of adult fiction overall were basically flat last year, according to Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks about 70 percent of retail sales, the romance category was up 7 percent after holding fairly steady for the previous four years.
Hmmmm. <scratching chin> It appears that recessions make people even more idiotic than usual. Interesting.
Meanwhile I feel a stirring in my loins. Surely there is some scarlett-cheeked, coltish young lady with heaving bosoms out there, hungry for my engorged member.
@Gargamel,
Gargamel, this is your chance to get rich! Grab it! Grab it like a swarthy, muscular farmhand grabbing the be-crinolined, rosy-cheeked, full-bosomed lady of the house...
If we could change that to some expensive scotch and a cheap romance novel I'd be game. Nothing like a little buzz, some soft porn and a happy ending to make me forget my troubles.
Would you like to borrow my husband's kilt, Gargamel?
@Green Witch,
I'll take a glass of expensive single malt (to be specified) and a good police procedural. Gargamel, would you like a nice leather tool belt?
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