What does the Nielsen Bookscan have to say?

That graph on the lower right actually contradicts the 55% figure I quoted earlier. Could be different revenues from different years, could be that the "55% of all fiction books" refers to revenue while the 29% figure above represents units sold. Hmm.

Anyhow, a quarter of the romance readers are between the ages of 18-29, and 6% are younger. That... that doesn't surprise me. You'd probably see similarly skewed demographics for porno mags, because the younger audience knows they can get it for free on the internet.

: Who
: can do nothing but fantasize while at home during the day.

Stereotypes are wonderful things, aren't they?

: When I was
: younger and went to book stores, late-40's (so now 60 or so) women would
: be looking through them biting their lip in joy. Seriously I say this, it
: was odd.

Awkward.