Trade-Published Romance Sees a Coronavirus Boost in the States - Publishing Perspectives

As Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today, he heard kissy, smoochy noises coming from outside. Following all the lovey dovey noises took him to the Publishing Perspectives site. With a little digging in the posts he found one about the current state of the romance market in the U.S. during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

According to the post by Porter Anderson, romance has been on everyone's mind since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first five months of 2020 romance ebook sales increased 17 percent for trade book publishers. This was during the time the coronavirus was first detected in the U.S. and then as it began ramping up and states began lockdowns. Not only did romance ebook sales increase, but romance print book sales did as well. The post includes the top trade published romance books in both ebook and print formats. There are several links to more information about ebook and print book sales during the pandemic.

I prefer to look outside for love.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Apparently humans were looking for love in safe places."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a thermos of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow all the links in the post, bring three thermoses of tea, two dozen muffins and your dinner.

To read the post tootle over to Romance publishing sales