A friend forwarded me this link to NY Times article about romance sales. It verifies something I have been saying all along.
… on the popularity of romance novels during this recessionary period.
http://nytimes.com/2009/04/08/books/08roma.html
People will buy books to escape uncertain times and they want happy endings. You can long for more fulfilling creative license as an author [...]

[ April 6, 2009 to April 12, 2009. ]

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