I knew indie romance authors were killing it, but I had no idea they were killing it this hard.
A thorough analysis by Data Guy of the US romance market, most of which is invisible to trad pub methods of analysis. Given as a presentation at the RWA conference. Goes into subgenres, KU vs non-KU, length of series, impact of having the first book free, and lots of other useful stuff.
I have a detailed outline, a rough outline, and an idea for some romance novels. Hmmm.
Romantic people don’t like waiting to get a book out.
The info for series will be misleading because it doesn’t account for the difference between series and serials.
Almost all longer series 8+ books are true series. About half of the shorter series are really serials. Sales for each are undoubtedly different. And “First Book Free” probably gives different results between the two types also.