Borders has been doing as I said--romance names in romance, fantasy names in fantasy, and so far mine (with a "debut" name) in fantasy.
Barnes and Noble ditto.
Review notice however seems to be heavily skewed toward romance. Misty did make the Booklist top 10--for romance. I'd have called her book fantasy, myself. But then I got a Romantic Times kudo for Mainstream, which I canNOT figure out. What is mainstream about magical horses in a fictionalized late Roman Empire?
I would say the market is confoozled. But it's also consistently producing good numbers, so wherever the books are, they're selling awfully well by fantasy standards. Perhaps because they're being distributed widely by fantasy standards? Luna's got triple the print run and half again the sell-through of comparable fantasy titles. Something's working somewhere, relatively speaking.
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Date: 2004-11-07 09:51 pm (UTC)Barnes and Noble ditto.
Review notice however seems to be heavily skewed toward romance. Misty did make the Booklist top 10--for romance. I'd have called her book fantasy, myself. But then I got a Romantic Times kudo for Mainstream, which I canNOT figure out. What is mainstream about magical horses in a fictionalized late Roman Empire?
I would say the market is confoozled. But it's also consistently producing good numbers, so wherever the books are, they're selling awfully well by fantasy standards. Perhaps because they're being distributed widely by fantasy standards? Luna's got triple the print run and half again the sell-through of comparable fantasy titles. Something's working somewhere, relatively speaking.