1. ADVENTURES IN STORYTELLING Romance

2. Your Instructors Katie Dunneback Consultant Southeastern Library Services Michele Leininger Library Consultant – Cont. Education State Library of Iowa

3. Pamela

4. Minerva Press Heyday – 1790 to 1815 under publisher William Lane Six of the seven Northanger Horrid Novels –Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) by Eliza Parsons. London: Minerva Press. –Clermont, a Tale (1798) by Regina Maria Roche. London: Minerva Press. –The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale (1796) by Eliza Parsons. London: Minerva Press. –The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest (1794) by 'Ludwig Flammenberg' (pseudonym for Carl Friedrich Kahlert; translated by Peter Teuthold). London: Minerva Press. –Orphan of the Rhine (1798) by Eleanor Sleath. London: Minerva Press. –Horrid Mysteries (1796) by the Marquis de Grosse (translated by P. Will). London: Minerva Press.

5. Mills & Boon Established 1908 – Centenary! Romance concentration in 1930’s Author Mary Burchell, aka Ida Cook, used her royalties to fund trips to rescue Jews from Nazi Germany

6. Harlequin Established as general interest publisher in 1949 Original distributor of Mills & Boon in North America Wife of founder instituted strict morality guidelines for romances they published during 1950s and 1960s Purchased by Torstar, owners of Toronto Star newspaper, in 1981

7. American Romance

8. The Flame & the Flower

9. Romance in 1980s

11. Romance in 1990s

13. Romance in 2000s

14. How to read a book spine

16. Romance Market Share

17. Romance sales by Sub-genre

18. CYA - Romance trends “Decline” of historicals Inspirational/Christian-Erotic paradox Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Genre Blending

19. Romance Sub-Genres 1. ________________ 2. _______________

20. Contemporary AuthorsPublishers

21. Historical AuthorsPublishers

22. Romantic Suspense AuthorsPublishers

23. Paranormal AuthorsPublishers

24. Inspirational AuthorsPublishers

25. “Other” sub-genres 1. 2. 3. 4.

26. Genre blends AuthorsPublishers

27. “Former” Romance Writers Authors:

28. Where do you go for reviews?

29. Romance-related organizations Romance Writers of America 1. 2. 3. General writing organizations 1. 2.

30. Where the Fans are General fan-consAuthor fan-cons

31. Awards

32. Collection Analysis - Survey

33. Collection Analysis - Purchasing

34. Collection Analysis - Weeding

35. Collection Analysis - Marketing

36. What did you read?

37. Romance Take-away

38. Extra Credit! Read book in sub-genre you haven’t read before Write a review that will be posted on http://ireadromanceiowa.blogspot.com/. The review must include: http://ireadromanceiowa.blogspot.com/ –short plot summary (compelling without giving anything away) –identify appeal factors and specifically what you liked about the book –connection to other titles both within the genre and outside the genre

39. Extra Credit, continued Create 2 book lists and post them to the Iread wiki: –List 1 – a read alike or topical book list –List 2 – a Reader’s Map Submit review and lists to trainers. Review does not have to be posted, but the lists do need to be posted to the Iread wiki. 1 credit will be awarded for each title; up to 3 titles may be submitted. All extra credit must be completed by April 16.

40. Next classes Mystery on May 22, June 5, or 10 Fantasy on July 9, 15 or 29 Historical Fiction on Sept 4, 10, or Oct 7 SF/Horror/Western on Nov 6, 13, or 20 Current class has first chance to sign up for the next class.

41. Thanks! Web site: www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/continuing-ed/genrestudy Contacts: michele.leininger@lib.state.ia.us kdunneback@sls.lib.ia.us