Recession Fuels Readers' Escapist Urges

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Recession Fuels Readers' Escapist Urges

Apr 09 2009

The New York Times reports that "in a recession, what people want is a happy ending. At a time when booksellers are struggling to lure readers, sales of romance novels are outstripping most other categories of books and giving some buoyancy to an otherwise sluggish market."

Source: New York Times

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