ADVENTURES IN STORYTELLING Romance

Your Instructors Katie Dunneback Consultant Southeastern Library Services Michele Leininger Library Consultant – Cont. Education State Library of Iowa

Pamela

Minerva Press Heyday – 1790 to 1815 under publisher William Lane Six of the seven Northanger Horrid Novels –Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) by Eliza Parsons. London: Minerva Press. –Clermont, a Tale (1798) by Regina Maria Roche. London: Minerva Press. –The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale (1796) by Eliza Parsons. London: Minerva Press. –The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest (1794) by 'Ludwig Flammenberg' (pseudonym for Carl Friedrich Kahlert; translated by Peter Teuthold). London: Minerva Press. –Orphan of the Rhine (1798) by Eleanor Sleath. London: Minerva Press. –Horrid Mysteries (1796) by the Marquis de Grosse (translated by P. Will). London: Minerva Press.

Mills & Boon Established 1908 – Centenary! Romance concentration in 1930’s Author Mary Burchell, aka Ida Cook, used her royalties to fund trips to rescue Jews from Nazi Germany

Harlequin Established as general interest publisher in 1949 Original distributor of Mills & Boon in North America Wife of founder instituted strict morality guidelines for romances they published during 1950s and 1960s Purchased by Torstar, owners of Toronto Star newspaper, in 1981

American Romance

The Flame & the Flower

Romance in 1980s

Romance in 1990s

Romance in 2000s

How to read a book spine

Romance Market Share

Romance sales by Sub-genre

CYA - Romance trends “Decline” of historicals Inspirational/Christian-Erotic paradox Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Genre Blending

Romance Sub-Genres 1. ________________ 2. _______________

Contemporary AuthorsPublishers

Historical AuthorsPublishers

Romantic Suspense AuthorsPublishers

Paranormal AuthorsPublishers

Inspirational AuthorsPublishers

“Other” sub-genres

Genre blends AuthorsPublishers

“Former” Romance Writers Authors:

Where do you go for reviews?

Romance-related organizations Romance Writers of America General writing organizations 1. 2.

Where the Fans are General fan-consAuthor fan-cons

Awards

Collection Analysis - Survey

Collection Analysis - Purchasing

Collection Analysis - Weeding

Collection Analysis - Marketing

What did you read?

Romance Take-away

Extra Credit! Read book in sub-genre you haven’t read before Write a review that will be posted on The review must include: –short plot summary (compelling without giving anything away) –identify appeal factors and specifically what you liked about the book –connection to other titles both within the genre and outside the genre

Extra Credit, continued Create 2 book lists and post them to the Iread wiki: –List 1 – a read alike or topical book list –List 2 – a Reader’s Map Submit review and lists to trainers. Review does not have to be posted, but the lists do need to be posted to the Iread wiki. 1 credit will be awarded for each title; up to 3 titles may be submitted. All extra credit must be completed by April 16.

Next classes Mystery on May 22, June 5, or 10 Fantasy on July 9, 15 or 29 Historical Fiction on Sept 4, 10, or Oct 7 SF/Horror/Western on Nov 6, 13, or 20 Current class has first chance to sign up for the next class.

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