BookFunnel

[BobbyBrandt]

Authors looking for new and different ways to promote their e-books might want to take a look at BookFunnel.

Some key features that make them a possible solution for writers of erotica are:

* Pen names are allowed
* Content isn't restricted (here is their statement on this) "We have yet to come across content so objectionable that we refused to deliver it. In general, BookFunnel will deliver any content Smashwords would. So, no child pornography, nothing illegal, etc, but other than that, we don't police content."
* Incomplete works (chapters, series, etc.) are supported.
* Multiple promotional options are available to writers, such as sending teasers, capturing reader e-mail addresses, and anonymous (under your pen name) social media posts.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'll check it out, thanks for posting about it.

 

[PeytonMirabelle]

Excellent suggestion. I've been using them for several years on my fantasy writing side, as a mailing list builder. Good utility site.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Authors looking for new and different ways to promote their e-books might want to take a look at BookFunnel.

Some key features that make them a possible solution for writers of erotica are:

* Pen names are allowed
* Content isn't restricted (here is their statement on this) "We have yet to come across content so objectionable that we refused to deliver it. In general, BookFunnel will deliver any content Smashwords would. So, no child pornography, nothing illegal, etc, but other than that, we don't police content."
* Incomplete works (chapters, series, etc.) are supported.
* Multiple promotional options are available to writers, such as sending teasers, capturing reader e-mail addresses, and anonymous (under your pen name) social media posts.

This looks promising, but there's one bit caveat: it's based in Texas.

This isn't meant as a slam on Texans; I'm one myself. However, the current (and if they have their way, forever) administration here is super duper bluenose. You can't access PornHub, for example, because they passed a law that pretty much no porn site could implement with any real chance of success, and the legislators knew that was the exact point; as a result, trying to go there from a Texas IP address results in a message from the site. They haven't come for text porn yet, but, having grown up here, I guarantee you that it's just a matter of time.

If you're publishing stuff that would pass on Amazon, you're probably fine using BookFunnel; if not, I'd highly recommend looking elsewhere. I hate to say that, because I'd love to see them do well, but this is a bad state political climate for publishing anything kinkier than a bodice ripper.

 

[AchtungNight]

I live in Texas now, and I despised our current administration before that stupid law. My stories would easily get me condemned by the administration, though we all know some of the politicians they admire have done worse. I plan to live here until I retire, then move somewhere with beautiful beaches where porn is still legal. Somewhere known for its sex tourism also, probably. If I didn’t already have a stable job and home life, I might even go ahead and move. I might could make it work.

 

[StillStunned]

somewhere with beautiful beaches where porn is still legal.

"What is Paradise?"

 

[AchtungNight]

"What is Paradise?"

I’ve been researching just now and it seems like Costa Rica qualifies. Now if it can just stay like that the rest of time…