Sales grow for romance novels as people look for escape from worries.
With hard economic times upon us, it’s hard to get our minds off our troubles. One way of doing it – a way that seems quite popular – is through romance novels. Sales are up for the romance novel genre, and readers say the books serve as a distraction from heavier things.
Love may not conquer all in real life, but its power in relatively inexpensive books is quite a comfort in this economy.
Publishers are seeing strong sales in the romance genre as other categories decline and consumers cut back on spending.
Harlequin Enterprises Ltd., a global giant in women’s fiction, reported fourth-quarter earnings up 32 percent over the same period a year earlier, with U.S. retail sales up 9 percent in 2008.
Read the full story from The Associated Press in the Mail Tribune.
