Uh. Not 40%. My friends in the RWA would be outraged.
Oh they have. There are books that are shelved in both romance and fantasy. Lynn Viehl's Darkyn series is one that comes to mind.
Frankly, the bigger issue these days is urban fantasy being shelved as paranormal romance when they don't have the traditional Happy Ever After whereby the hero and heroine get together.
If you'd like to read more, the Ja(y)nes have an on-going discussion over here: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/01/09/why-mislabeling-will-hurt-new-authors-or-the-one-where-jane-broke-her-ipaq-hurling-a-book-against-the-wal/
Juno publisher Paula Guran (they are doing a Best New Paranormal Romance antho) dropped by.
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Date: 11 Jan 2007 01:49 pm (UTC)Oh they have. There are books that are shelved in both romance and fantasy. Lynn Viehl's Darkyn series is one that comes to mind.
Frankly, the bigger issue these days is urban fantasy being shelved as paranormal romance when they don't have the traditional Happy Ever After whereby the hero and heroine get together.
If you'd like to read more, the Ja(y)nes have an on-going discussion over here: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/01/09/why-mislabeling-will-hurt-new-authors-or-the-one-where-jane-broke-her-ipaq-hurling-a-book-against-the-wal/
Juno publisher Paula Guran (they are doing a Best New Paranormal Romance antho) dropped by.