Comments on: Amazon Acquires Avalon Books – What Next?

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http://bit.ly/K3ECPO — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:04:25 +0000

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By: Anne Marble

Anne Marble — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:59:59 +0000

I know someone who read a lot of these books because she read a lot of mysteries. There was one hardback publisher she always looked for — maybe Walker. It wasn’t that she wanted them clean, but she liked their mysteries more. After seeing Avalon’s selection of mysteries, I can see the attraction. Avalon’s mysteries look more like the traditional mysteries I used to read. When I go to the bookstore and look for mysteries, all I can find are mysteries about scrapbooking and cupcakes.

The need for something “clean” to read has driven a lot of people to seek out certain publishers. We always associate pulp fiction with sex and violence, but even pulp fiction had magazines known for “clean” fiction. I didn’t really understand that until I bought a pulp Western magazine at an antique store recently and started reading one of the letters. The letter writer had bought that particular magazine because someone recommended it as clean, and then he was upset about something that offended him to send them a letter. It was more interesting than the story I read, which I can’t remember right now.

Maybe I’ll stick to unclean pulp fiction from now on…

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:41:04 +0000

My grandmother was legally blind and she listed to books on tapes for the blind. I was in charge of ordering her books when she lived with us. She loved these type books. Of course I didn’t know many of the authors because I read more warm-hot books. Of course I was really embarrassed when I ordered her some of my books forgetting about the love scenes.

I do think that there is an audience for them. And not just for the elderly either.