A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: Sales by Genre and Other Comparative Categories
It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's post compares sales by genre and genre-related categories, using 2023 statistics. Rank-order of sales by genre romance novels/general fiction self-help science fiction memoir business psychology humor religion/inspiration fitness parenting travel Rank-order of sales by author type politically famous author socially famous author experienced/well published, i.e. established, author author with 2-5 published books first-time author Rank order by author age 21-50 (this group dominates the book scene) 50-70 (this group benefits from their experience and name recognition) under 21 (this is a small group for obvious reasons and there