{
  "id": 652874,
  "title": "Why Romantasy May Soon Be a Billion-Dollar Business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/why-romantasy-may-soon-be-a-billion-dollar-business",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T09:15:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-12/why-romantasy-may-soon-be-a-billion-dollar-business"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Romantasy has grown from a BookTok-driven obsession to a nearly billion-dollar business, powered by a largely female fandom scooping up special editions, merchandise, event tickets, audiobooks and more. The genre's rise is reshaping publishing and drawing retailers, creators and now Hollywood into one of the book industry’s most powerful new markets. (Source: Bloomberg)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}