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cbabe

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3. A billion dollar industry. Plus Stacey Abrams writes romances under pen name.

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Thu May 30, 2024, 10:46 AM

May 2024

https://www.marketplace.org › 2024 › 02 › 13 › steamy-sultry-and-stigmatized-no-more-romance-novels-are-having-a-moment

Why romance novels are having a moment - Marketplace

Feb 13, 2024Book sales in the U.S. slumped last year overall. But it's a sweeter story for romance novels. Reliably a billion-dollar

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Good grief. txwhitedove May 2024 #1

Good grief, indeed. Trivial and silly. Polly Hennessey May 2024 #2

A billion dollar industry. Plus Stacey Abrams writes romances under pen name. cbabe May 2024 #3

Romance always has a moment wryter2000 May 2024 #5

Romance novels drmeow May 2024 #6

Yes. wryter2000 May 2024 #8

Some of the scorn is for other reasons NanaCat May 2024 #12

And does every story have to deal with "serious ". Issues? wryter2000 May 2024 #13

The Importance of Being Earnest does deal with serious issues NanaCat May 2024 #14

Good grief wryter2000 May 2024 #15

And Jane Eyre is about the treatment of psychoses wryter2000 May 2024 #16

What does a Home Equity Agreement have to do with Romance novels? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2024 #17

There is also RSJ wryter2000 May 2024 #4

RWA was good for any writer to join NanaCat May 2024 #11

RWA also constantly drmeow May 2024 #7

So wrong wryter2000 May 2024 #9

I attended one of their conventions NanaCat May 2024 #10