San Antonio Rekindles that Loving Feeling

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From the Amazon Press Room:

Love reigns at Amazon.com as the company today released its annual list of Top 20 Most Romantic Cities.

The list is determined by a compilation of sales data from cities with more than 100,000 residents on a per capita basis and includes purchases of romance novels and relationship books (both Kindle and print); romantic comedy movies (DVDs and digital); a curated list of romantic music, including artists like Adele, John Legend, Ed Sheeran, Drake, Brad Paisley and Barry White (CDs and MP3 format); as well as the sales of sexual wellness products.

The Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in the U.S. are:

1. San Antonio, Texas 11. Columbia, S.C.
2. Miami, Fla. 12. Vancouver, Wash.
3. Alexandria, Va. 13. Gainesville, Fla.
4. Orlando, Fla. 14. Seattle, Wash.
5. Salt Lake City, Utah 15. Scottsdale, Ariz.
6. Knoxville, Tenn. 16. Tampa, Fla.
7. Cincinnati, Ohio 17. Las Vegas, Nev.
8. Pittsburgh, Pa. 18. Portland, Ore.
9. Atlanta, Ga. 19. Round Rock, Texas
10. Ann Arbor, Mich. 20. Rochester, N.Y.

Some of the interesting findings in Amazon’s romantic data revealed that:

  • Lovers in Seattle and Atlanta set the mood without delay, ordering more Romance novels using Prime FREE Same-Day Delivery than any other city on the list. Top Romance titles included “First Comes Love” by Emily Giffin, “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion and “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes.
  • Kindle Unlimited members fell in love with love, reading tens of millions of romance books in the last year, including “Everything We Keep” by Kerry Lonsdale, “Worth the Wait” by Jamie Beck and “Doing It Over” by Catherine Bybee.
  • Customers enjoyed binge-watching romantic films and TV series on Prime Video last year. The Amazon Original series “Catastrophe,” “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Doctor Thorne,” as well as movies like “Age of Adaline” and “Equals” were among the most streamed romantic titles.
  • Chicago, Houston, New York, San Diego and Seattle stoked the fire of love all year long by streaming the most love songs from Amazon Music.

Link to the rest at Amazon Press Room

11 thoughts on “San Antonio Rekindles that Loving Feeling”

  1. Hm. Maybe these cities sell so much romance related merchandise because they are not themselves romantic at all, and romance-starved people must find alternate methods of satisfying their needs.

    Or maybe it’s a matter of these cities having more readers and selling more books in general.

    • The local RWA chapter (Romance Writers of AMerica) has cruise conferences. I hope to save up and go next time (not next month,when it’s happening, next event).

      I do recall seeing a lot of gals reading romance novels on the train here, commuting, and I was one of them. 😀

    • “Hm. Maybe these cities sell so much romance related merchandise because they are not themselves romantic at all, and romance-starved people must find alternate methods of satisfying their needs.”

      (Sings (badly))

      ‘Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places …’

  2. Woohoo, we’re #2. I still think we should be #1.My dating and newlywed days were so amazing, dozing by the bay, frolicking at the beach, eating at outdoor cafes year-round, strolls on South Beach, art festival, Rennaissance festival, sea breezes under the palm trees smooching, boat rides, salsa dancing in the street festival, big band nightclub, jazz clubs, no coats, no boots, just sundresses and swimsuits and shorts…

    Dang. I wanna go have a date now. We’re having amazing winter days and cool nights.

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