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

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Posted by Surtac
8/30/2024 7:52 pm 		#1

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.

 

It's a strange world.  Let's keep it that way.
 
Posted by HRHSpence
8/30/2024 9:37 pm 		#2

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

http://strengthofthehills.tripod.com/hanilanguageandculturepage/

The date I joined the original board: 12/04/2002
 
 
Posted by Griffinmoon
8/30/2024 9:45 pm 		#3

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

 
Posted by Blond Tekikin
8/31/2024 6:29 pm 		#4

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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