Subject: Stop underestimating this genre

Stop underestimating this genre

October 1st, 2021 at 8:30 pm EST

Hi Friend, The popularity of crime and mystery novels shows no sign of retiring. One market has been performing particularly well: Cozy Mystery. If you have never looked into "cozies," here are five important market facts: The average sales rank of ...

Historical Romance 2021 - The Bridgerton Effect

September 24th, 2021 at 7:56 am EST

Hi Friend, Within romance, we find more than 90 sub-markets. One of the bigger sub-genres is historical romance. For fans of this genre, 2021 started with a bang: Netflix's Regency-era series Bridgerton, adapted from Julia Quinn's historical romance ...

K-lytics Publishing Trends | September 2021

September 12th, 2021 at 12:09 pm EST

Hi Friend, Welcome to our latest publishing trend review. New Category Alert Amazon made several changes to its Kindle category structure in recent weeks. Some are minor and occurred at a low level in the browse hierarchy; others were more significa ...

New Paranormal Romance Report 2021 + Extra

September 8th, 2021 at 6:15 am EST

Hi Friend, Where vampires, shifters, or aliens fall in love, there is big money: Paranormal romance is one of the highest-selling Romance e-book markets. Enough reason to take a closer look at this major market. In our new Paranormal Romance 2021 re ...

Don't underestimate this genre

August 24th, 2021 at 2:32 pm EST

Hi Friend, Did you know that Western Romance is one of the major sub-markets of the Romance genre? I am not only talking about classic "mail-order bride" or "frontier romance." I mean the vast contemporary romance market, where protagonists wearin ...

Mystery Thriller Suspense Report - 2021 Summer Edition

August 9th, 2021 at 5:00 pm EST

Hi Friend, Throughout the last 18 months, the Mystery, Thrillers Suspense bestseller list has been largely unaffected by global events. Quite the contrary: the genre held on to its lead position (together with Romance) on the Kindle platform. Intere ...

My worst publishing industry prediction ever

July 28th, 2021 at 10:46 am EST

Hi Friend, I must admit that I have avoided studying this market ever since I started K-lytics. When "Fifty Shades of Grey" took off, I thought it would be a short-lived phenomenon. "It is just a hype!" That was definitely the worst publishing indus ...

Going Strong: Urban Fantasy Report 2021

July 23rd, 2021 at 5:48 pm EST

Hi Friend, For the third year in a row, "Paranormal Urban" was the #1 highest-selling category out of all 111 Fantasy sub-markets Urban Fantasy is a genre that merges the best of real-world mystery, thriller and suspense fiction with fantasy, for e ...

K-lytics Publishing Trends | July 2021

July 19th, 2021 at 11:36 am EST

Hi Friend, Welcome to this summer's publishing trend review. In this month's issue of Kindle trends, we again identified book categories that have shown a strong Amazon rank evolution over the last twelve months. We showcase such market niches for R ...

When magic hits the city 2021

July 5th, 2021 at 8:30 pm EST

Hi Friend, Do you like stories that mix fantasy with the everyday? - If yes, this is for you. If not, you may still want to find out about this book market because it represents a lot of readers who buy a lot of books. For the third year in a row, " ...