Fiction grows in 2011 - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T16:41:58Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/fiction-grows-in-2011?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI think the demise of non-fic…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-01-16:537324:Comment:3284962012-01-16T14:10:52.626ZBenjamin Sobieckhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>I think the demise of non-fiction sales is tied to the rise of e-books. E-books are better suited for fiction material, something that offers a page-by-page narrative. Reference material often requires a lot of jumping around the pages. It's also crammed into not so ideal situations, like when my copy of <em>Joy of Cooking</em> leans against a pot of boiling water. Wouldn't do that with my Nook.</p>
<p>I think the demise of non-fiction sales is tied to the rise of e-books. E-books are better suited for fiction material, something that offers a page-by-page narrative. Reference material often requires a lot of jumping around the pages. It's also crammed into not so ideal situations, like when my copy of <em>Joy of Cooking</em> leans against a pot of boiling water. Wouldn't do that with my Nook.</p> Just like fiction, there is p…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-01-14:537324:Comment:3285692012-01-14T15:30:35.393ZEDWARD C MORGANhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ECMorgan
<p>Just like fiction, there is plenty of non-fiction that I look at and think, "are you kidding me?" But there is some good non-fiction as well. I'll be curious to see if there will be an increase in non-fiction sales related to the election year.</p>
<p>I was genuinely surprised at the 2% increase - I thought it would have been more.</p>
<p>Just like fiction, there is plenty of non-fiction that I look at and think, "are you kidding me?" But there is some good non-fiction as well. I'll be curious to see if there will be an increase in non-fiction sales related to the election year.</p>
<p>I was genuinely surprised at the 2% increase - I thought it would have been more.</p> I welcome the decline in non-…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-01-14:537324:Comment:3283712012-01-14T15:25:36.460ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>I welcome the decline in non-fiction. All the how-to books have been mind-boggling. Fiction authors eventually caught on to this and started to write books on how to write novels. It's ridiculous.</p>
<p>The rest is hardly surprising.</p>
<p>I welcome the decline in non-fiction. All the how-to books have been mind-boggling. Fiction authors eventually caught on to this and started to write books on how to write novels. It's ridiculous.</p>
<p>The rest is hardly surprising.</p>