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10 Winners in a slow economy:
"3. Bodice RippersHarlequin, the world's biggest publisher of series romance, saw North American sales rise $3 million in 2008's fourth quarter from a year earlier. Other escapist literature also has done well: Although most book sales were flat or down in February 2009 from the year before, a spokesperson for the Borders book chain says that science fiction and fantasy were up—as were humor titles."
Pull from: http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106804/10-Winners-in-the-Recession
"3. Bodice RippersHarlequin, the world's biggest publisher of series romance, saw North American sales rise $3 million in 2008's fourth quarter from a year earlier. Other escapist literature also has done well: Although most book sales were flat or down in February 2009 from the year before, a spokesperson for the Borders book chain says that science fiction and fantasy were up—as were humor titles."
Pull from: http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106804/10-Winners-in-the-Recession