I was going through “fantasy books” on amazon and was surprised to see that most of them are written by women, and the ratio is not even close. I was kind of expecting the opposite.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

  • KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee
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    13 hours ago

    I’ve heard that the authors using 2 initials + family name are usually women. As women used to struggle to get published if their name was obviously female.

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      13 hours ago

      It’s evolved over time, females used to ghost write with male names for scifi. They all have their “biases”. But that’s also public perception as well, if that’s what sells shrug.