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Did you know that almost 60% of all of yearly book sales are romance? Without this genre, which is often underestimated, the book industry would be a very pitiful place indeed.

Many best selling authors started out writing for Harlequin, which does not only publish romance but everything under the sun, from teen fiction to cook books. That literary book you just read, Harlequin may have published it to.

2010 Romance Sales in Comparison

(Source: Simba information)

Romance: $1.358 billion

Religion/inspirational: $759 million

Mystery: $682 million

Science fiction/fantasy: $559 million

Classic literary fiction: $455 million