I got to wondering the other day about the difference in sales numbers between books marketed to a young adult audience as opposed to those marketed to an adult one. It seems like how a book gets marketed can depend just a few key differences (a few less curse words here, a little less sexual innuendo there).
From a sales standpoint, does it really make a difference? My gut reaction is to think that mainstream adult (hororr, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy) would sell tons more than YA, reguardless of the merits of the the books story and writing.
PS.- to be fair, in a discussion such as this, you have to throw out the Harry Potter factor. That was just a freaky, probably non-repeatable, event.
From a sales standpoint, does it really make a difference? My gut reaction is to think that mainstream adult (hororr, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy) would sell tons more than YA, reguardless of the merits of the the books story and writing.
PS.- to be fair, in a discussion such as this, you have to throw out the Harry Potter factor. That was just a freaky, probably non-repeatable, event.
