[PsychoNut]

Seriously now, is this just women uploading here? Really, nothing but vampire and romance novels??? Total BS guys, I've been a member of this site for oh, just about since it started, and lately we're only getting either tons of fag rags, or women uploading these POS love stories.

How about some Action books, Military stuff, science fiction, sword & sorcery, ANYTHING BUT THESE DAMNED ROMANCE AND VAMPIRE NOVELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great googly moogly, never been so friggin upset about this site before.....

[zackddog]

I've downloaded 4 or 5 books in the past 3 days. SciFi, thrillers, non fiction political and contemporary fiction. No vampires or werewolves or Mommy Porn. More than I can read in the same amount of time.

By the way,

[Beukies]

Yes PsychoNut is quite correct. You come back after 2 days and you find pages and pages of "THESE DAMNED ROMANCE AND VAMPIRE NOVELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"(PsychoNut)

The sad thing is that the same trend exists in movies as well!

By the way,

True!

[XVI]

Real men don't read Novels. We are far too busy doing real men stuff that real men do. Plus I think Authors are running out of new ideas for stories, they seem to just regurgitate old story lines and put a twist to it. You read one Vampire story, you're read em all.

But seriously PsychoNut, I suggest you get into comics, there are heaps aimed at real men, not just kids
Just like this awesome series here: viewtopic.php?f=311&t=155019

[jaysee]

How about some Action books, Military stuff, science fiction, sword & sorcery, ANYTHING BUT THESE DAMNED ROMANCE AND VAMPIRE NOVELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not actually sure if this thread is serious or not... but if so....

SO CUT THE CRAP, post the books you like for the benefit of others who like the same; if you don't find what you like here begin to post the type of books you do like and join the community of posters........................................ or just leave.

You want more contemporary fiction? Sci-fi? Thrillers? Adventure? Classics? Go dig it up and post it yourself. What? It's too hard? Then shut up! Do not come expecting to find your latest best seller posted if you're not making the effort yourself.

It's like going to the pot luck dinner and bitching because every one brought lasagna.
Don't bitch and moan and groan and complain about it when you didn't bring a thing yourself!

[Phex]

I've cleaned up the topic a lil bit. If somebody is insulting someone else again, I'll ... ... ... ... don't even try it.

best thing would be to have a separate section for vampire and romance novels
would the mod look in this

[zackddog]

[Tattle]

I give huge thumbs up to Ojay and Zach for all the comics.

At least those are a little bit better then the Novels for girls that you can find here.

[FarrahDog]

Zack, I'll second that and add a...


Anyone else got a sense of déjà vu???


Just remove the dead horse and insert a "romance reader"...viola...how I feel after reading all the comments!

[hmorphone]

best thing would be to have a separate section for vampire and romance novels
would the mod look in this

I will be the first to admit there are a lot of vampire romance novels out there, BUT,
just as not all romance novels have vampires in them, not all vampire novels are romances!
I'm currently reading J F Lewis' Void City series - vampire books with a lot of he-man sh#t in them and very little "mommy porn"...

Also, I don't believe it's practical, no matter how many times it's suggested, to start splitting fiction up into different sections.
Even if it were, I think we'd spawn even more discussions/arguments than we have now over which section is the right one to put a particular book/series in.
There's a lot of what I call "crossover" fiction nowadays.

[womble]

Zack, I'll second that and add a...


Anyone else got a sense of déjà vu???


Just remove the dead horse and insert a "romance reader"...viola...how I feel after reading all the comments!

Wow, we're under appreciated FarrahDog, and don't knock the 'mommy porn' it's very popular and more available than other stuff if it wasn't given the 'thumbs up' we wouldn't upload, simply 'supply and demand'!

[mesquite]

Wow, we're under appreciated FarrahDog, and don't knock the 'mommy porn' it's very popular and more available than other stuff if it wasn't given the 'thumbs up' we wouldn't upload, simply 'supply and demand'!

Does the Fifty Shades of Grey count as 'Mommy porn"? I have nothing against romance the authors are PROBABLY not getting any at home I guess? but I would like to see more diversity. I've been here only a couple of months and then all of a sudden:



romance after romance.

[FarrahDog]

Wow, we're under appreciated FarrahDog, and don't knock the 'mommy porn' it's very popular and more available than other stuff if it wasn't given the 'thumbs up' we wouldn't upload, simply 'supply and demand'!

Does the Fifty Shades of Grey count as 'Mommy porn"? I have nothing against romance the authors are PROBABLY not getting any at home I guess? but I would like to see more diversity. I've been here only a couple of months and then all of a sudden:



romance after romance.

I'm sorry you are not one of the hundreds that enjoy, are grateful and appreciate the hard work Womble, I and several others go through to provide our "fans" with "romance" books.
I currently have 3000+ eBooks in my personal library, maybe 5 Doctor Who, 10 or so dog books (including the AKC's Obedience, Rally and Agility Rules and Regulations). And the rest are "romance".
I, personally, have no problem with specifically checking out certain posters when they have new releases, I glance through the others but rarely download other "types" of books.

Something to think about:

Popularity of Romance Fiction
(source: Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2011)
Romance fiction generated $1.358 billion in sales in 2010.
8,240 new romance titles were released in 2010.
Romance fiction sales are estimated at $1.368 billion for 2011.
74.8 million people read at least one romance novel in 2008. (source: RWA Reader Survey)

Market Share of Romance Fiction
(source: Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2011)
Romance fiction was the largest share of the U.S. consumer market in 2010 at 13.4 percent.

Romance Market Share Compared to Other Genres
(source: Simba Information estimates)
Romance fiction: $1.358 billion in estimated revenue for 2010
Religion/inspirational: $759 million
Mystery: $682 million
Science fiction/fantasy: $559 million
Classic literary fiction: $455 million

Wow, hey Womble I guess we're NOT in the minority on the whole "romance" novel "issue".
Looks like a pretty accurate representation of what is 1) on the market, 2) available for posting, and 3) wanted.

For some more in depth info:

Romance Literature Statistics

Readership Statistics

Industry Statistics

[merry60]

Also, I don't believe it's practical, no matter how many times it's suggested, to start splitting fiction up into different sections.
Even if it were, I think we'd spawn even more discussions/arguments than we have now over which section is the right one to put a particular book/series in.
There's a lot of what I call "crossover" fiction nowadays.

Thank you, H. I just love it when someone speaks my mind, it happens from time to time.

Discussions and arguments about the possible sub-categories have been going on for some time, no agreement so far. My personal point of view is that we do not need any, the crossover you mention happens 9 times out of 10 and it's simply not worth it. We are not a public library and we are not a book store. We offer a service that happens to be one of the best out there, take it or leave it is what I think.


Oh, and an FYI to the protesters: Womble & FarrahDog & Co. are quickly climbing up the list of posters with the highest number of thumbs collected, it seems the world doesn't spin around the 'romance haters', sorry about that

Me? I just happen to have posted thousands of non-romance, classics and such, which gives me the right to speak. In my book.