Why do you think that is? It’s an interesting question… and what would go in it, if it did exist?
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Well, I suppose it’s because, in our society, it (literally) goes without saying that the default is stuff for men. I mean we’ve got “chick flicks,” but no real equivalent for men, too.
Maybe you could call Hemingway “men’s literature,” or Mishima, or gay erotica. (not that there’s not some overlap between these categories.) Arguably Burroughs.
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If you are trying to find fiction genres that skew heavily male, then thrillers and once upon a time, Westerns.
But quite frankly, it doesn’t make sense to target “men” specifically in fiction, as they’re a minority of the market, and there is no significant group of men who spend a large amount on books in a single genre every month that even comes close to rivalling romance. I think the non-book equivalent to romance in terms of gender-skewing are highly competitive video-games and pornography.
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that has been inserted, repeatedly, into our awareness.
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That last one still makes me giggle.
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Is it terrible i"m annoyed at how omnipreasent romance is to the point it almost has to be a prerequisite to have as a seller?
Does it not occur to #3 there to just … walk away from the turtles? Next issue: “Slaughtered by SNAILS!”[quote=“singletona082, post:68, topic:79081”]
Is it terrible i"m annoyed at how omnipreasent romance is to the point it almost has to be a prerequisite to have as a seller?
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I am frustrated by Amazon’s algorithm showing a shitload of romance novels because I bought one book that was categorized that way. It’s not a genre I particularly like, and I have ZERO interest in “werewolf having sex with wendigo-lady” or whatever it is I keep getting a million recommendations for now.
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You’ll need to go into your purchase history and remove the romance novel, or classify it as a gift. Then go clean up your browsing history. Amazon recommendations can be pretty good, but it takes some effort.
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Ooh I will try that. Does it work if you bought the book for Kindle?
Edit: I cannot find an option to do anything other than delete or download the book from my kindle management page, sadly.
Look, being chewed to bits by turtles is just a MAN’S LIFE. It’s life and you gotta just live it.
Also, at first glance I saw the slashed throat of one turtle as a red bandana and though he was being attacked by ninja turtles (not of the teenage mutant variety, obviously).
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Can’t answer that one. I like dead trees, the batteries never die.
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So do I, but being able to resize the text is pretty f’ing awesome.
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My eyes are still cooperative at close range. I’ll consider electric books when they betray me.
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Tragically, I no longer have room for more dead trees. I’m with @singletona082 about the text, though. Forgot my reading glasses? Just make the text bigger!
Also, instant gratification. I can buy the next book of a series without moving my ass off the sofa. It’s probably not actually a good thing.
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Keep in mind I also want to have a larger dead tree connection. However on a good e-reader having a lot of books to carry away from home is good.
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Yeah, that’s a good consideration, but I never get to go anywhere. 
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Me either, but when i say ‘go somewhere’ I tend to mean outside, and before it broke i loaded my nook up with articles via claibre to poke through.
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He was in his own category, yeah? 
You got numbers to back that up? Do you really think it’s only women buying romance novels? Romance is a pretty broad and totally legitimate literary genre, as much as thrillers or westerners. And lots of women are into detective novels, too. honestly, I just don’t find categorizing things as “women’s lit” to be very useful.
I think that @anon62122146 is kind of correct about the assumptions of defaultness.
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Snapping turtles are fast… and HUUUUGE. But they generally don’t want anything to do with humans.
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