Does erotic literature account for more than half of published fiction?
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Resolves to percentage. According to Wikipedia, 'Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of eros (passionate, romantic, or sexual relationships) intended to arouse similar feelings in readers.' When referring to published fiction, I mean books published through traditional means, self-published books, and stories shared on internet forums and/or blogs.

For this question, the measure of literary production is the number of words.

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@SorinTanaseNicola resolution source?

@duck_master Probability (percentage) level of the market at the closing time.

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@SorinTanaseNicola I was half-expecting you to compile a big list of published fiction, measure the word count of each work, and then calculate how many words in total and how many words were made up by erotic fiction ... or rely on some kind of report that did that work for you.

@duck_master Unable to find a practical method to sample a large volume of published fiction or an existing analysis, I opted to survey the community. One could argue that this betting approach is the better polling method.

How will this be measured? Including stories shared on internet forums (not social media?) and blogs sounds like the resolution of this market will be controversial.

@Mattfr Resolves to probability. I am uncertain how to accurately quantify the production of a specific genre. I wanted the community's take on a feeling, and I like the aspect of placing bets on others' estimates rather than the truth.

My understanding is that the definition in the description includes fictional stories of romantic relationships, i.e. romance novels, and these alone make up about a quarter of total book sales.

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