{"id":546,"date":"2013-05-12T08:26:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T12:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2013-05-13T06:49:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:49:26","slug":"mysteries-continue-to-thrill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries Continue to Thrill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe mystery genre has retained its popularity over the years. Whether a classic \u201cwhodunit,\u201d a cozy, a police procedural, or some new hybrid of mystery\/suspense plus fantasy, sci-fi or horror, crime fiction still draws a strong audience of readers.<\/p>\n

Surveyed for Library Journal<\/i>\u2019s annual round-up<\/a> of trends in the mystery genre, more than half of the 232 librarians polled say mysteries are the most popular book genre they offer, as measured by circulation, shelf-space\u2014accounting for almost a quarter of their print fiction materials\u2014and e-collections, making up more than 20% of libraries\u2019 ebooks.<\/p>\n

While e-collections are growing (and most publishers have finally agreed to sell ebooks to libraries now), which e-mysteries they buy depends heavily on patron demand and costs. Ebook purchases are now about 6% of libraries\u2019 acquisitions budgets, up from 1% three years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cE-books aren\u2019t the future of mystery, they\u2019re the present,\u201d said Soho Press publisher Bronwen Hruska. They accounted for two-thirds of the sales of the Soho Crime imprint in 2012 and half or more of sales by another mystery publisher, Minotaur. Sisters in Crime\u2019s recent interviews with publishers revealed that while e-books are \u201cthe fastest growth sector for publishing revenues,\u201d the effect on income\u2014publishers\u2019 or authors\u2019\u2014is not yet clear.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s heavy promotion of low price-point books for the Kindle through various deals and free offerings has helped even a few new writers achieve electronic sales that outsell print. An example is when Leonard Rosen\u2019s debut thriller, All Cry Chaos<\/a><\/i>, was picked as a Kindle Book of the Day and sold 7,000 electronic copies and 4,000 print.<\/p>\n

Presumably, it helps to write a good book, too. But quality\u2014good or bad\u2014isn\u2019t a guarantee of sales numbers when so many books are free or $.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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