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Thumper
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Username: Thumper
Post Number: 341
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 08:34 pm: | 
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Hello All,
I ask this question in all seriousness. I am more than a little confused as to what is an "urban" book or a "street" book. And why can't they simply fall under the FICTION banner.
The reason that I ask is, as you all know, I recently finished G-Spot by Noire. Now, I'm in the middle of The Apostles by Y. Blak Moore, which is shaping up to be a damn good book, better than Moore's first one. A few years ago, both books would have been called fiction, even commercial fiction, at that. But now, what are they called. When Dennis Lehane or Janet Evanovich write books they are called fiction, even though their books have violence in them and take place in cities.
Why must our books have a label? And two, where's the fine line that distinguishes these books. Should we go with what their authors say that they are or is the reading audience the ultimate judge? I wish that I could say that these questions are irrevelant but many of us know that a book's marketability relies on how it is classified. |
Jmho
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Username: Jmho
Post Number: 106
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:24 pm: |
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Thumper wrote:
Why must our books have a label?
It's all about marketing. Creating a niche market. As if a reader, can't read the front flap cover and get an idea what the book is about -- no, we must told through marketing, publicists and agents.
As you say, there was a time when you had fiction and nonfiction. Now they have genres, sub-genres, sub-sub-genres, etc. Many are made up as the books are published.
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