Resources & Education
This page is incomplete — more coming soon!
Here’s a list of resources beyond this website specific to collecting romance and to helpful related topics
Podcasts
- 9 Reasons Why Rare Romance Books Matter, With Rebecca Romney (Shelf Love Podcast)
- A Conversation With Rare Book Dealer Rebecca Romney (Fated Mates Podcast)
- Back In Time With Harlequin Blaze: In which Fated Mates examines this notable line
Magazine Articles & Indexes
The Unofficial Romantic Times Index: Another invaluable resource by Rob Imes
Books: Love Lines (Ref book))
Blogs, Websites, & Groups
- The Romance History Blog, by Steve Ammidown: Steve focuses especially on the nearly forgotten and marginalized corners of romance’s past, highlighting authors and editors whose names you might not know but whose influence on the genre was pivotal and important
- Sweet Savage Flame: a website dedicated to the love of old-school romance, with reviews of vintage romances and information on authors, publishers, cover illustrators & models, and more
- Sequential Crush: All about romance comics from the 1960s & 70s
- https://www.rebeccaromney.com/romance-collecting
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/paperbackromance/
- https://lucynka.wordpress.com/an-introduction-to-the-romance-pulps/
- https://www.instagram.com/emmelnie/; https://romanceruminations.net/cover-artists/
- Vintage Gothic & Romance Novels group on Facebook: This group focuses mostly on gothics
- Vintage Paperback Romance Novels group on Facebook: This is an engaged & knowledgeable group; the page is run by notable romance collector, Rob Imes.
Videos
Newsletters & Email Lists
Paperback Collector: a discussion group that includes some interesting romance-related posts
Bookseller Practices