Library Journal’s enterprising and educationally minded romance columnist, Kristin Ramsdell, reference librarian from California State University, East Bay, has her finger on the pulse of her preferred genre. Here’s a tidbit she sent in, acknowledging that romance is popular among readers with “e” on their mind.

"Surprising to some but not to tech-savvy romance fans, Fictionwise, a major ebook retailer with total 2008 U.S. sales of at least $100M that was recently acquired by Barnes & Noble, has just acknowledged that 50 percent of its sales are romances (Wall Street Journal, 3/6/09). Granted, the vast majority of romances are still sold in print; however, with improving ebook technology, new methods of delivery on the horizon, and the growing availability of the genre in digital format, this is likely a harbinger of things to come."

How do you take your romance? Cover to cover? Or over E-asy? Let us know.