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How did love stories about vampires, cowboys, and wealthy dukes become the highest-grossing fiction genre in the world? Zachary Crockett gets swept away.
- SOURCES:
- Delaney Diamond, romance novelist.
- Danielle Flores, high school math teacher and avid romance novel reader.
- Brenda Hiatt, romance novelist.
- Diane Moggy, vice president of editorial at Harlequin.
- RESOURCES:
- "Even as Overall Book Sales Are Declining, Romance Novels Are on the Rise," by Elena Burnett, Sarah Handel, and Juana Summers (All Things Considered, 2023).
- "Key Takeaways from the Authors Guild’s 2023 Author Income Survey," press release by the Authors Guild (2023).
- "How Amazon Turned Everyone Into a Romance Writer (and Created an Antitrust Headache)," by Ann Kjellberg (Observer, 2022).
- "Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out," by Mimi Swartz (Texas Monthly, 2020).
- "A Brief History of the Romance Novel," by Amanda Pagan (New York Public Library Blog, 2019).
- "How Harlequin Became the Most Famous Name in Romance," by Kelly Faircloth (Jezebel, 2015).
- "Fifty Shades of Amish: A Strange Genre of the Romance Novel," by Leah McGrath Goodman (Newsweek, 2015).
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How did love stories about vampires, cowboys, and wealthy dukes become the highest-grossing fiction genre in the world? Zachary Crockett gets swept away.
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- Delaney Diamond, romance novelist.
- Danielle Flores, high school math teacher and avid romance novel reader.
- Brenda Hiatt, romance novelist.
- Diane Moggy, vice president of editorial at Harlequin.
- RESOURCES:
- "Even as Overall Book Sales Are Declining, Romance Novels Are on the Rise," by Elena Burnett, Sarah Handel, and Juana Summers (All Things Considered, 2023).
- "Key Takeaways from the Authors Guild’s 2023 Author Income Survey," press release by the Authors Guild (2023).
- "How Amazon Turned Everyone Into a Romance Writer (and Created an Antitrust Headache)," by Ann Kjellberg (Observer, 2022).
- "Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out," by Mimi Swartz (Texas Monthly, 2020).
- "A Brief History of the Romance Novel," by Amanda Pagan (New York Public Library Blog, 2019).
- "How Harlequin Became the Most Famous Name in Romance," by Kelly Faircloth (Jezebel, 2015).
- "Fifty Shades of Amish: A Strange Genre of the Romance Novel," by Leah McGrath Goodman (Newsweek, 2015).
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