Just in case you're curious I looked up sales of the Jordan book, it moved about 6600 copies. Which seems about par for the course for series Harlequin novels (they seem to all sell between 5-10K). There's roughly 4 per month released in each of about 12-15 series between Harlequin and Silhouette, so you can see how it's a really productive and profitable business model (esp. when you factor in the low advances given on these books, which don't usually exceed $5K I don't think)
Given that 93% of books released sell less than 1000 copies, there's definitely a demand in the marketplace for these.
HP has always been the most old-fashioned bodice-rippery of the Harl/Silhouette lines. Every title is ripped right out of 1952, complete with built-in misogyny!, and most are really gross and cringe-inducing in that "this woman is a possessive of this man" kind of way.
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Given that 93% of books released sell less than 1000 copies, there's definitely a demand in the marketplace for these.
HP has always been the most old-fashioned bodice-rippery of the Harl/Silhouette lines. Every title is ripped right out of 1952, complete with built-in misogyny!, and most are really gross and cringe-inducing in that "this woman is a possessive of this man" kind of way.