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    8/30/2024 7:52 pm  #1

    Surtac
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    The parlous state of SF/F marketing - who comes up with this rubbish?

    This morning I received a marketing email from a long-term major respected publisher of SF/F.

    The title of the email was - wait for it - "Steamy new romantasy for cosy season "

    I mean, WTAF ?1?

    If that doesn't demonstrate the swirling of SF publishing as it circles the actual gutter then I don't know what does..

    No wonder I'm reading so much less SF/F these days in favour of other genres.

     

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    8/30/2024 9:37 pm  #2

    HRHSpence
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    Re: The parlous state of SF/F marketing - who comes up with this rubbish?

    wow, that's all I can say. wow.

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    8/30/2024 9:45 pm  #3

    Griffinmoon
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    Re: The parlous state of SF/F marketing - who comes up with this rubbish?

    I just came across a similar phrase about a movie. Scary.

     

    8/31/2024 6:29 pm  #4

    Blond Tekikin
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    Re: The parlous state of SF/F marketing - who comes up with this rubbish?

    Um?
    I would read that as 'romance-fantasy', heavy on the romance.

    How on earth is Science-fiction even touching that with an eleven-foot pole? (I know fantasy gets lumped with sci-fi in physical bookstores.)

     

     

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