<<Even in the relatively less expensive publishing
business, we see book
publishers turning their backs on hardboiled, not because it
isn't
profitable, but because it isn't profitable
enough.>>
I'm not sure that they especially turn their backs on
hardboiled - it
seems to me that they have turned their backs on a lot of
mystery
writers, period. An interesting phenomenon has been the
flourishing of
mysteries by female authors under romance imprints. Just the
other day a
friend who deals in used books showed me a whole box of these
he had
just gotten in. I had heard of none of the authors. He gave
me "Alaska
Gray" (Worldwide Library) by Susan Froetschel as a present.
One of these
days I'll read it, just to take a peek over the wall...It's
time for
crossover, I guess.
Regards,
MT
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