Why the publishing industry is hot (and bothered) for romance

Once relegated to supermarket aisles, romance books are now mainstream. And authors, an often-maligned group within publishing, have found greater commercial success than many writers in other genres. On today's episode of Love Week , our series on the business of romance, we find out how romance novelists rode the e-book wave and networked with each other to achieve their happily-for-now status in the industry. Read more by Christine Larson , Priscilla Oliveras and Natalie Caña . Thanks to Grant-Lee Phillips for our theme song and Kaitlin Brito for artwork. Related listening: It's Love Week! How the TV holiday rom-com got so successful ( Apple / Spotify ) Rufaro Faith's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy