Subject: Where Romance meets Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

Where Romance meets Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

December 23rd, 2022 at 5:25 pm EST

Hi Friend, Romance and MTS (Mystery/Thriller/Suspense) are the two highest-selling book markets in the Kindle store. No wonder the genre blend at the intersection—Romantic Suspense—has been so successful. The category has shown an excellent sale ...

New Teen & YA Report: Massive changes

December 9th, 2022 at 1:03 pm EST

Hi Friend, No matter whether you write Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, or even nonfiction, teen and young adult readers represent a massive target group. Teen and Young Adult has grown to be one of the top six bestseller lists on Kindle. Yet, Ama ...

New Sci-fi & Fantasy Report 2022 / 2nd edition

November 27th, 2022 at 12:58 pm EST

Hi Friend, I am happy to announce the second 2022 edition of your half-yearly Science Fiction Fantasy Genre Report. Genre Category Map Our report provides a map of all 174 Sci-Fi Fantasy categories (down to Level-4 and Level-5 sub-categories.) In th ...

Romance Beyond Amazon Categories | Trending Niche

November 18th, 2022 at 5:24 pm EST

Hi Friend, Many popular romance genres lack a matching category in the official Amazon bestseller list hierarchy. Authors and publishers place their books across a whole number of categories, each with a varying degree of fit (or lack thereof.) Suc ...

Christmas Mysteries - Real Sales Data (free)

November 9th, 2022 at 8:01 pm EST

Hi Friend, Last week, we published a free seasonal report about Christmas Romance books. I then received a whole number of requests from writers asking whether we could provide a similar report for the mystery, thriller, suspense, and crime genre. ...

Publishing for Christmas 2022 (free)

November 3rd, 2022 at 6:37 am EST

Hi Friend, I have a gift for you: A special research study that is based on actual peak-season sales rank data from the Amazon Kindle Store. Christmas means big business for many in the publishing industry. So if you ask yourself whether you should ...

Romance Genre Report 2022 | Fall Edition

October 26th, 2022 at 9:41 am EST

Hi Friend, We just released the 2022 fall edition of our K-lytics Romance market seminar. The report provides a complete overview of all categories available in the uncontested #1 market on Kindle: ROMANCE! Given Amazon's recent category additions i ...

Visual Plotting on Steroids - [Replay is up]

October 18th, 2022 at 1:54 pm EST

Hi Friend, Thanks to everyone who attended our live event last week (as recorded here). Also, I would like to thank the many of you who already seized the opportunity of getting Plottr with the special discount we obtained for K-lytics clients. I ha ...

Plotting for Pantsers? - [Today's Live Training]

October 13th, 2022 at 8:55 am EST

Hi Friend, There are countless ways to approach writing, and you will probably experiment with many techniques throughout your writing life. And one never stops learning! Thus, please join us here for an exclusive training with a live demonstration ...

Cozy Mystery 2022 | Market news for writers

October 12th, 2022 at 10:22 am EST

Hi Friend, The popularity of crime and mystery novels shows no sign of retiring. One market has been doing particularly well over the years: Cozy Mystery. No doubt, cozy has grown into a major book market. The question is, what type of books sell i ...