I think this will draw readers who've looked down their noses at Romance. Authors like Nora Roberts and Susan Elizabeth Phillips have drawn many readers from non-Romance audiences, and I believe this helps us all in the long run. Some readers claim to prefer the clinch covers, but I believe they are the vocal minority. Most booksellers and readers I talk to say just the opposite. Clinch covers are embarrassing to the reader and humiliating to the author.
Readers can help support the genre by buying books new whenever possible.
Publishers won't be aware of the demand if they don't see the numbers. If your favorite time travel is resold fifteen times at a used bookstore, but the numbers on the new sales were low, the publisher will believe no one wants time travel or paranormal or whatever. DS Keep reading Romance, and try a new author or sub-genre often. And thanks for your continued support. And thanks again to you Deb, for doing this interview.