{"id":1968,"date":"2014-05-07T06:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T10:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2014-05-19T06:49:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T10:49:56","slug":"what-ebooks-are-readers-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1968","title":{"rendered":"What Ebooks Are Readers Reading?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Digital Book World<\/a>, \u201cdystopian young adult novels with a female protagonist caught in a love triangle might be wearing thin with readers.\u201d So, does this mean the end of series like The Hunger Games<\/em> and Divergent<\/em>? Just remember, the industry repeatedly turned down Anne Rice\u2019s first vampire novel, claiming \u201cvampires are dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least the publishing pundits on a recent DBW panel acknowledged \u201cthere\u2019s no silver bullet\u201d guaranteed to capture readers\u2019 attention. Thus their dog-bites-man advice to writers to produce \u201ccompelling stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

One trend panelists did note is increased interest in true crime (is this \u201cnon-fiction dystopia\u201d?), mysteries, and thrillers, perhaps because of the runaway popularity of Gillian Flynn\u2019s Gone Girl<\/em>, reviewed here in 2013<\/a>. They also debunked the publishing rule of thumb that readers aren\u2019t interested in characters that don\u2019t resemble themselves. I guess this explains Hannibal Lecter.<\/p>\n

In addition, panelists predicted:<\/p>\n