If Liu's book hadn't been that good, it would've simply gone on the list of "books I started and did not finish," with a note as to why (in this case, most likely culprit would've simply been, "don't enjoy the genre's conventions" and left it at that. And, to be honest, that's what I was expecting.
I know romance is 40% of all fiction sold, the largest chunk out there, but it still seems irresponsible on the publisher's part to not, despite that, try to take advantage of the growing fantasy reader population, as well. To try and have slightly less ridiculous covers and cross-market the book(s), and I think they've got that potential.
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Date: 11 Jan 2007 01:37 pm (UTC)I know romance is 40% of all fiction sold, the largest chunk out there, but it still seems irresponsible on the publisher's part to not, despite that, try to take advantage of the growing fantasy reader population, as well. To try and have slightly less ridiculous covers and cross-market the book(s), and I think they've got that potential.