08-07-2009, 02:11 PM | #1 |
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What's up with all the tacky western romance novels?
I'm seeing a bunch of tacky western romance novels being purchased for public libraries. So what's up with it all? Romance is bad enough, but to add in a western setting, this just goes beyond normal tacky.
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08-07-2009, 02:13 PM | #2 |
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Well I would guess that libraries are buying them because Romance is a popular genre for books (Romance has a huge ebook audience compared to most genres) and they see a demand for them. Have you tried reading one?
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08-07-2009, 03:53 PM | #3 | |
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08-10-2009, 11:55 AM | #4 |
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Please try my tacky western romance novel -- it has cowboys, miners, indians, bad guys, a range war, cattle stampedes, and great sex -- for the bargain price of 99 cents!
http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Hearts/dp/B0017I7XY0/ What more could a reader need? |
08-10-2009, 12:10 PM | #5 |
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Tacky western romance novels - what we called "bodice-rippers" when I worked in a bookstore - sell very well.
People like them. |
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08-10-2009, 12:20 PM | #6 |
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Where there's horses there's tack.
I imagine cowboys were especially tacky. |
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08-10-2009, 12:32 PM | #8 |
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I have no problem with it. Just don't expect me to read it. (Unless there isn't anything else to read.)
And I won't read anything by anyone named Kaitlyn, Jaid, or Jordyn. |
08-10-2009, 12:47 PM | #9 | |
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08-11-2009, 02:46 AM | #13 |
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08-11-2009, 02:48 AM | #14 |
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Ya know what bugs me most about romance books?
They often beat the PANTS off my book in download/sale numbers! Like, how RUDE! |
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"Ya know what bugs me most about romance books?
They often beat the PANTS off my book in download/sale numbers! Like, how RUDE!" Ha. The flip side is that the romance market space is very competitive. EVERYBODY is a romance writer! Unbroken is 99 cents on Kindle, to get noticed in the crowd. I can say that low pricing works, as the book is consistently in the top 10 westerns (hourly chart), and now hits the top 100 historical romance list occasionally. |
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