Re: Fiction book sales statistics

Towse wrote:
Koolchicki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Towse wrote:
<http://www.storyforu.com/statisticsnew.htm>

stats for 2004

39.3% of all fiction sold: romance
29.6% of all fiction sold: mystery/thriller
6.4% of all fiction sold: science fiction/fantasy


<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=book+sales+statistics+romance+mystery>

So, a science fiction/fantasy, mystery/thriller, romance, should be a dead ringer.

Wait! That sounds like Harry Potter doesn't it?

HGWell's TIME MACHINE, maybe.

Any other titles that match that description?

DEATH QUALIFIED by Kate Wilhelm matches the description.

I think the best thing anyone could ever say about something I wrote is that years later when the odd spare moment snuck up on them, they thought about the story.

Kate Wilhelm's DEATH QUALIFIED is a story that stuck with me:

<http://www.amazon.com/Qualified-Barbara-Holloway-Novels-Paperback/dp/1551668726>



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