On history of romance: Must consider the way books are released in lines and series, and buyers can subscribe to lines/imprints and collect the whole set. There's nothing exactly analogous in sf/f.
No, nothing quite. But it's why Harlequin failed so badly with the Worldwide Library (does anyone even remember that? Besides pnh, that is).
However, the categories and the subscriptions were less about the bookstores -- and it's the bookstore stuff, or the move from the one to the other, that I think is interesting. I promise I'll be clear about the differences -- because I think the roots -- or branches -- of that are affecting the fiction market. Or the adult market, at any rate.
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Date: 2004-11-06 08:44 am (UTC)No, nothing quite. But it's why Harlequin failed so badly with the Worldwide Library (does anyone even remember that? Besides
However, the categories and the subscriptions were less about the bookstores -- and it's the bookstore stuff, or the move from the one to the other, that I think is interesting. I promise I'll be clear about the differences -- because I think the roots -- or branches -- of that are affecting the fiction market. Or the adult market, at any rate.