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Publishing Romance
Publishing Romance: The History of an Industry, 1940s to the Present | John Markert
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Romance novels have attracted considerable attention since their mass market debut in 1939, yet seldom has the industry itself been analyzed. Founded in 1949, Harlequin quickly gained market domination with their contemporary romances. Other publishers countered with historical romances, leading to the rise of "bodice-ripper" romances in the 1970s. The liberation of the romance novel's content during the 1980s brought a vitality to the market that was dubbed a revolution, but the real romance revolution began in the 1990s with developments in the mainstream publishing industry and continues today. This book traces the history and evolution of the romance industry, covering successful (and not so successful) trends and describing changes in romance publishing that paved the way for the many popular subgenres flooding the market in the 21st century.
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eraderneely
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Nerd Friends, I have now added the nerdiest feature yet to my book tracking spreadsheet 😂
Now I‘m tracking which publishers and imprints I read the most. No real surprises - mostly Big Five - but now I can kind of see if I have any favorites. (I already know I love Riverhead‘s covers! 😍)

Do you track your reading? If so, what‘s the nerdiest thing you track?

JamieArc That‘s a great idea! 4y
squirrelbrain I have a list of books I‘ve bought / been gifted, giving an average spend, and also how much I‘ve saved by borrowing from the library....#spreadsheetgeek (and proud!) 😘 4y
Sace I don't really track my books/reading very carefully. Mainly titles, provenance/format (owned, library/dead tree, electronic, audio) and date finished. 4y
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eraderneely @squirrelbrain I love that you‘re a spreadsheet geek! I don‘t want to know how much I spend on books though 😬 4y
eraderneely @Sace I started with tracking those things too. Have you found your ratio of owned to library has changed this year? 4y
Sace @eraderneely um.. I... Er... I'm very inconsistent about writing things down and I don't really analyze the data. It doesn't add to my enjoyment of the books so I don't do it. Maybe on LibraryThing I might do some tag filtering, but that's about it. 4y
eraderneely @Sace you have to live your best reading life. I just happen to love data! And I‘ve noticed with lockdown that I‘ve borrowed a lot of ebooks and audiobooks this year. Was wondering if anyone else was having the same experience. 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Up until I got lazy last year, I was entering my books read into Goodreads. I marked if I physically owned it or was an ebook, ARC, etc, but more for future me to know whether I have it or not. It's where my most up to date litsy of books owned resides, but since 2014 I've kept a note on my phone for each year, just with title, author, and if it was my 3rd or 81st book read. 4y
eraderneely @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I love hearing what different people choose to track! Before Goodreads I kept accidentally rereading a book I hated 😂 4y
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hfpotier
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Loving reading about the history of romance.