Romantic fiction accounts for more than $1 billion annually in U.S. sales; Quilliam says Harlequin — the brand name synonymous with romance novels — reportedly sells more than four books each second.

在美国，言情小说年度零售额达到10亿美元；奎利安说禾林出版社——这个品牌几乎是言情小说的代名词——的销售速度据说是每秒钟超过4本书。

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Harlequin Enterprises, the world's leading publisher of romance fiction, reported that fourth-quarter earnings were up 32% over the same period the year before.

世界最主要的言情小说出版商Harlequin Enterprises报告称，去年第四季度销售额比同期增长了32%。

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Harlequin, the world's largest romance novel publisher. sells all its books in Japen directly to mobile.

世界上最大言情小说出版商Harlequin在日本销的书直接通过手机来完成的。

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There would also be jigsaw puzzles and old Harlequin romance novels laying about.

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Type in your demographic information and you'll see a screen listing your free-sample options -- everything from cleaning products to Harlequin romance novels to toiletries.

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Harlequin has not benefited from the rise of ebooks despite the huge popularity of romance ebooks.

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