Has anyone ever gotten a publishing contacted through uploading a story here?

[T_Blackmoor]

I’m not under any delusions of grandeur mind you, and I don’t expect agents or publishers to come banging on my door anytime soon. But I was genuinely curious:
Has anyone here actually gotten a traditional publishing deal from uploading stories to Literotica?

I’m not talking about self-publishing on Amazon, but a real contract from a publisher who found their work here, something like what happened with Fifty Shades of Grey some years ago.

 

[Omenainen]

I didn’t think that was what happened with Fifty Shades of BDSM Misrepresentation?

I have the impression that people do get approached but it’s usually a scam, something along the lines of “oh we love your work, and would love to promote it for this small upfront fee.”

 

[lovecraft68]

TX Rad (RIP) received a contract for a trilogy and when it was finished was signed on for 9 more books. The genre would make people laugh but he did pretty well with the deal.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

I have the impression that people do get approached but it’s usually a scam, something along the lines of “oh we love your work, and would love to promote it for this small upfront fee.”

I received one somewhat similar to that for one of my stories several years ago. It was presented as an "on-line publishing" agreement but it sounded as shady as an oak tree so I deleted the invite without responding, somewhat similar to all of the "I absolutely adored your story and would love to develop a cover page for it!" (if you'll pay me, of course.)

 

[Belegon]

There are certainly scammers everywhere on the internet, but there have been some Litsters who rode the wave to "real" publishing... I myself was recruited into that world by another Litster and my first published work (through the now gone Phaze Books) was a short story that I co-wrote with her because she desired a male POV on the subject. She had been "discovered" here and had published a couple pieces already and the publisher had asked her to do a sequel, which is how I got involved.

So I wasn't exactly "sought out" or "contacted by a publisher due to my Literotica posting, but I never would have been published if I hadn't been posting stories and poetry here.

One of my early mentors here at the site is now an editor fro Forbes magazine. So there are some success stories. But my impression is that most of us who hqve breached that wall have used Lit more as a training ground than a display board. I wouldn't count on getting discovered, and I am having to releqarn the landscape because the market for erotica has changed dramatically from when I was writing for profit the most, around 2007-2012. All of the electronic publishers I worked with at that time are now gone. Even Ellora's Cave seems to be gone and they were the biggest gorilla in the room back in 2009. everybnody I ever had a contract with seems to be gone, with the sole exception of Excessica. (which was started by a Litster.)

 

[Voboy]

Yes.

 

[OddLove]

I don't know if that happens on here, but there's nothing wrong with fantasizing about making it BIG. I've been planning the design of my pirate ship for like ten years now, I might never be able to get it, but if I do, I know I'm going to have barrels of Kraken on it, and a living quarters for my sushi chef.

 

[PennameWombat]

I’m not under any delusions of grandeur mind you, and I don’t expect agents or publishers to come banging on my door anytime soon. But I was genuinely curious:
Has anyone here actually gotten a traditional publishing deal from uploading stories to Literotica?

I’m not talking about self-publishing on Amazon, but a real contract from a publisher who found their work here, something like what happened with Fifty Shades of Grey some years ago.

"50 Shades of Grey" had nothing, absolutely zero, to do with this site. Was never posted here, and I've never heard of the author having posted anything else here. What did happen is more akin to having self-published on Amazon and then getting a publishing deal. As did Andy Weir with "The Martian."

James had 'workshopped' "50 Shades of Grey" for a long time on her website, starting as a work called "Master of the Universe." She eventually published it as "50 ..." through an online publisher called "The Writer's Coffee Shop" based in, of all places, Australia.

From there, the tale gets wild in more ways than one.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-royalties-writers-coffee-shop-amanda-hayward

As to your specific question, I defer to what others have posted in this thread. I've no knowledge of such happening.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

I didn’t think that was what happened with Fifty Shades of BDSM Misrepresentation?

I have the impression that people do get approached but it’s usually a scam, something along the lines of “oh we love your work, and would love to promote it for this small upfront fee.”

50 Shades is Twilight Fanfiction.

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

I publish with an indie outfit called JMS Books. Fabulous people to work with. You might give them a try if you write queer romance (it can be spicy romance, but romance, not just a "stroker".)

https://www.jms-books.com/submission-guidelines-ezp-35.html

So no, I have not had someone contact me and say, "we want to buy your story." But, I have used publishing here to hone my skills for the stories I publish with JMS Books.

And my Miss Baxter's Girls series there is way better than fifty shades of anything.

https://www.jms-books.com/davina-lee-c-224_312/

 

[Dylan1]

I have been approached from a screenwriter about a story yes, I don't hold out a lot of hope but you never know. its a non-sex story, My mother the spy. who knows.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Not for my stories here, but I have been contacted on here and signed a contract to do some writing for a British broadcasting company for some of their shows. NDA doesn't allow me to provide more details than that.