Tall, dark, and handsome --- but not too dark, ok? » MobyLives

Another statistic makes that one look even worse: there were 5.5 percent more romance books published in 2017 then in 2016. And, as Lenker writes this month in Entertainment Weekly, reporting on the Ripped Bodice's newest study, -half of the publishers surveyed showed no improvement or had decreased the number of books written by authors of color - since last year. (Linker's piece is great, and features some helpful infographics.)