In the indie ebook world, the genre is king. According to a 2017 Author Earnings report, over 70% of all genre fiction consumer purchases — the "overwhelming majority" — are now in ebook format. Of ...

Many of us live in a world of escapism. This fictional space is necessary in order to soothe the stress and toxicity of everyday life. When it comes to fiction writing, the stories are only limited by ...

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All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

Though independent bookstores aren’t known for stocking a wide assortment of genre fiction titles, booksellers are finding that genre fiction can have a large payoff. By developing genre sections, ...

Alif the Unseen, the 2012 debut novel of G. Willow Wilson, takes an inventive approach to the contemporary techno thriller. Its titular hacktivist is a freelance security provider trying to evade the ...

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