I was checking the sales links for my new release, which I do daily like a little dirt farmer looking for sprouts - I love seeing the "customers who bought this also bought..." features, and hoping for comments, etc.
Anyway, one little thing is bugging me. On one of my seller sites, my publisher uploaded it with the category "romantic literature" - this, it seems, is a different category than just full-on romance. It's listed as "drama" "contemporary" "romantic literature."
Now, I looked at the other books in the category. While they look good, they all seem quite serious. I wonder if this category might scare people away - do people really want to read 55k of something that sounds so serious? I have never pretended to produce "literature" - just romantic escapism, really.
A part of me wishes to take this as a compliment, as it kind of denotes quality... But if people wanted to read "romantic literature," wouldn't they just hit Jane Austen again?
My book is having an identity crisis - or, maybe, I am.
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