Ep 249: State of Romance Books 2025
What’s Buzzing in 2025 Romance? Discourse, Drama, and Hot Takes
On today’s episode, Leah, Amanda, Jenni, and Becky are diving into all the buzz-worthy moments lighting up the romance book community right now. From spicy new releases and surprise drops to TikTok drama, author news, and the trends everyone’s talking about—we’re covering it all.
- Indies Moving to Trad- Full Rights educating your readers
- Elsie Silver’s Unprecedented Deal- 7 figures for 4 books- but kept digital rights
- Signings- authors not traveling due to the state of the Country
- Children at Romance Book Signings
- Books are Political – Not Everyone is in a bookish community
- Sophie Lark- The apology is gone
- PR Boxes vs Bubble Mailers
- $10k+ releases
- KU Boycott
- States NOT Funding Libraries
- Oathbound Book Release
Book of the Week
Swag Pack Sponsoring Authors for April are Krista Sandor and Kaylee Ryan
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