Archive for August, 2009

Historical-Romance-Novels

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Romance books rekindle the romance in you

As we move on in life we realize all that life keeps teaching us. One lesson that everyone for sure has learnt in life is that love actually does not happen by gazing into each other’s eyes but it happens by looking outward in the same direction. It is said that true love is the highest law that binds two lovers.

Love is the only universal phenomenon from which nobody can stay away. It is the intoxicating fragrance of love that enriches the emotional intimacy of the lovers. Love has been depicted beautifully in books. There is altogether a different genre which is romance books.

It is through reading books that one can get an insight of various love stories and romantic situations. The intimate beautiful moments that you read in your novel can be recreated by you to bring in a new leaf in your relationship or love story. All romance books have generally the same plot, with the hero and heroine deeply in love and the ending is always happy. The scenes that keep the reader hooked on to a romance novel are scenes which have emotions, suspense, action and mystery in them.

The romance books have always had an amazing fan following as the readers enjoy reading the love relationship of others. It is amazing to read love stories where the description of how the lovers meet and how their love stories become immortal build up interest and entice the readers.

There are various kinds of romance novels that are read by many all over the globe.

One of the best things about reading a historical novel is that they take you into the past and recreate everything that happened in that period. These love books of the past are a very good read. There is nothing that can replace historic facts which when mixed with romance will want you to read more and relive the past in the present. The journey through the past will have the capacity to change your present, which in itself is an extraordinary experience.

The historical fiction novels not only vary in the period or the era, but they have style, and research in detail. The historical novels are famous for the mixing of genres like crime, romance, war and even fantasy. These elements have kept so many readers hooked to these historical fictions.

It is while reading the historical romance novels that you get a chance to see the world through the eyes of the author or the characters that were a part of that time period.

It is when you will read these amazing historical romance novels that you will be able to appreciate all the beautiful things that held on to love in those ancient settings.

The experience of reading a historical fiction is always amazing and is a reader’s delight. The setting, the story and the situation keeps you hooked to the novel. These historical fictions have been inspirations for many and continue to be so as they are beautiful, intimate stories of love that have been told since time immemorial.

Monday, August 17th, 2009
I'll Never Be Free

I'll Never Be Free

Romance Novel’s

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

With more demands on reader’s time and attention, publishers are striving to reach readers through services such as DailyLit, which allows readers to read books through e-mail and RSS installments—even on a device like the Blackberry. Publishers have also joined with LibreDigtial (an Internet digital warehouse) to digitize printed books into electronic book format. These e-books can then be read on any number of devices, like a PalmPilot or dedicated reading device such as the Sony eReader or Amazon.com’s Kindle. However, the top publishers currently draw 1 percent or less of their net revenue from e-book sales, so they continue to experiment with other ways to reach readers.

One such experiment is Dorchester’s SHOMI line, which launched in 2007 and combines different elements—romance, suspense, and science fiction and fantasy–into one story. Harlequin ventured into the e-book market and created new, online only lines like Nocturne Bites and Spice Briefs.

These methods must have paid off for some publishers as over 18 romance imprints hit the best-seller lists in 2007. In order of rank, these imprints include: Penguin, Random House, Grand Central, Pocket, Simon & Schuster, Putnam, St. Martin’s, Berkley, Warner, Ballantine, Signet, Mira, Jove, Morrow, Dell, Avon, Silhouette, and Tyndale.

The top five romance book publishers (as per Simba Information estimates) in 2007 were the same as 2006:

1.    Harlequin
2.    Random House
3.    Penguin Group
4.    HarperCollins
5.    Kensington

While publishers seek new markets for romance books, authors are doing the same.