Subject: Cross-category Romance Tropes
Cross-category Romance Tropes
February 10th, 2023 at 5:26 pm EDTHi Friend, Who doesn't know that feeling when you stumble upon old photographs of a high school sweetheart, the nostalgia and “what-if” thoughts that come flooding back? For some, reuniting with a past partner can become a deeply appealing pros ...
Simply Epic
January 27th, 2023 at 5:57 pm EDTHi Friend, Take Amazon's “Lord of the Rings” spinoff or its TV adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy “The Wheel of Time”—big money is involved in the quest for the next “Game of Thrones.” Netflix also continues to invest. And HBO ...
Second Chances: Your guide to success
January 16th, 2023 at 9:16 am EDTHi Friend, Want to tap into the booking market of second-chance romance? Over the last months, I embarked on a research project to examine romance tropes for which Amazon does not provide dedicated book categories. For example, “enemies-to-lovers, ...
K-lytics Standby List: You Got a Seat
January 3rd, 2023 at 5:33 pm EDTHi Friend, A short while back, you registered with the K-lytics standby list for offers and special deals. And I have good news. New Year's resolutions can be fantastic; plans to fulfill them are even better, and actions that accomplish them in real ...
Where Romance meets Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
December 23rd, 2022 at 5:25 pm EDTHi 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 EDTHi 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 EDTHi 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 EDTHi 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 EDTHi 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 EDTHi 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 ...