The problem with the huge growth in popularity of romantasy is that now publishers market fantasy books with even the barest hint of romance as romantasy, because they think that will help the book sell. But readers still have expectations about what each genre is going to present to them and if those expectations aren't met, there's a good chance they'll rate the book low. This happened to a friend of mine who published a coming of age feminist retelling of Rapunzel, which the publisher released as a rom-com. Of course, all the reviews absolutely tore into the book (and my friend, the author) because they bought the book thinking it was one thing and got something else instead. It's a real problem that I wish publishers cared about more, but they don't, as long as they make money.
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I didn't realise Nina Kenwood had a new book coming out. That one sounds really interesting.
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The problem with the huge growth in popularity of romantasy is that now publishers market fantasy books with even the barest hint of romance as romantasy, because they think that will help the book sell. But readers still have expectations about what each genre is going to present to them and if those expectations aren't met, there's a good chance they'll rate the book low. This happened to a friend of mine who published a coming of age feminist retelling of Rapunzel, which the publisher released as a rom-com. Of course, all the reviews absolutely tore into the book (and my friend, the author) because they bought the book thinking it was one thing and got something else instead. It's a real problem that I wish publishers cared about more, but they don't, as long as they make money.
The marketing of a book is so important to its reputation, AAAAAH!