During lunch today I was catching up on my blog reading from yesterday. Over at Pub Rants there is a discussion concerning the State of the Chick Lit Nation. In her post Kristin raises the question, Is the chick lit trend now dead? If you are a fan of the genre I suggest you check the post and the comments in response out.

I agree with Kristin's belief that the glut of Chick Lit in the marketplace is impacting sales. To me readers who are truly passionate about a genre/subgenre will initially gobble up every author they can find who publishes in their genre of choice, especially if there are not a lot of authors publishing in that genre. However, when a genre grows and more books are available, readers are afforded the luxury of being choosy about what books they buy. Does it suck for authors who are trying to get a foot in the door? Absolutely. But for readers it can be a blessing. Some readers are lucky right now in that they are overwhelmed with reading options. The flip side of this of course is that there are some readers who are feeling neglected because the genre/subgenre they like to read isn't currently in style.

Given that publishing is cyclical and what's hot changes in a blink of an eye at times, are there any genres or subgenres that you think are in or could soon be in the same situation as Chick Lit? Are there any genres/subgenres you think could be making a come back now or in the near future?

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