Comments on: Sony Reader coming to Target Stores http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/12/sony-reader-coming-to-target-stores/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:55:22 -0500 hourly 1 By: RfP http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/12/sony-reader-coming-to-target-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-900359 RfP Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:19 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=41615#comment-900359 "purchasers will receive a free, early download of…wait for it…<i>The Other Queen</i> by Philippa Gregory. Exciting, I know." Not exciting to you, perhaps, but romance readers are a surprisingly large fraction of the e-reader market. (Harlequin now offers 100% of their titles in e-book format.) I'd guess historical fiction about an important female figure will go over better than you think. “purchasers will receive a free, early download of…wait for it…The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory. Exciting, I know.”

Not exciting to you, perhaps, but romance readers are a surprisingly large fraction of the e-reader market. (Harlequin now offers 100% of their titles in e-book format.) I’d guess historical fiction about an important female figure will go over better than you think.

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