The Romance Wars
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In 1980, the romance novel market began to change dramatically. Harlequin took back its distribution rights from Simon & Schuster. S&S responded by creating a series romance imprint called Silhouette. Even though Simon & Schuster was not the publisher of Harlequin's books, the financial arrangement was too lucrative to let go.
Though Single Titles -- romances that were not part of a series or line -- existed before the 1980's, single titles and authors who wrote in that realm proliferated in the 80's. These longer, more complex novels expanded the romance genre.
