Mills & Boon, the publisher of romance novels, is celebrating its centenary. Harry Potter may have shifted 400m books in 11 years but Mills & Boon sell the same amount every two. In the UK, it releases 50 romantic titles a month. Its novels, translated into 25 languages, are sold in 109 international markets, and this year it began publishing for 300m English readers in India, where the books, uniquely, are popular with men as well as women. Read more >>
TimesOnline has an amusing picture gallery showing how Mills & Boon covers have changed with time. Here's one of the earlier ones from 1952 (bizarre title—and what's she planning to do with that whip?).
