Selling erotic novels?

[flavortang]

Is it possible to sell erotic novels you've written? I mean, is there a market? I'd like to make a little money selling my work. Anyone else?

 

[English Lady]

You certainly can, there's a whole world of publishers out there if you look

 

[SesameStreet]

You definitely can. My royalty check proves that. There ar emany publishers of erotica online. A few that come to mind ar Phaze, Liquid Silver, Zumaya, Ellora's Cave, and my publisher, Sizzler ( a division of Renaissance E-Books).

 

[JPMMURPHY]

Yep, go e-publisher. The market for e-books is finally taking shape. Volumes are still extremely low compared to hard copy, but taking shape is good. Once they get a good foothold, it should do nothing but grow each year.

 

[impressive]

Yep, go e-publisher. The market for e-books is finally taking shape. Volumes are still extremely low compared to hard copy, but taking shape is good. Once they get a good foothold, it should do nothing but grow each year.

It's already growing. Ebooks were the only segment of the publishing industry to show growth in 2006.

 

[flavortang]

That's great. I've been wanting to do that forever. Aside from the companies mentioned, if anyone knows any other e-publishers, I'd love to hear about them!

EDIT: Does anyone know of an e-publisher aimed at male readers where incest is allowed? Most of these e-publishers I've looked up are snooty and don't allow it. How restrictive is that?

 

[SesameStreet]

That's great. I've been wanting to do that forever. Aside from the companies mentioned, if anyone knows any other e-publishers, I'd love to hear about them!

EDIT: Does anyone know of an e-publisher aimed at male readers where incest is allowed? Most of these e-publishers I've looked up are snooty and don't allow it. How restrictive is that?

I honestly do not know of any E-Book Publisher that publishes stories involving incest. Maybe someone else knows of one.

 

[flavortang]

I like writing forbidden love stories and the last two stories I've written involved step-siblings and cousins. The only site I saw that didn't restrict incest stories was a gay erotica e-publisher. lol

 

[JPMMURPHY]

That's great. I've been wanting to do that forever. Aside from the companies mentioned, if anyone knows any other e-publishers, I'd love to hear about them!

EDIT: Does anyone know of an e-publisher aimed at male readers where incest is allowed? Most of these e-publishers I've looked up are snooty and don't allow it. How restrictive is that?

The biggest purchaser (to my knowledge) of e-book erotic is women. The big seller in their market is the basic romance novel (or some variation of).

 

[flavortang]

Oh well, lol. I'll just sell and distribute my works myself, then.

 

[WRJames]

That's great. I've been wanting to do that forever. Aside from the companies mentioned, if anyone knows any other e-publishers, I'd love to hear about them!

EDIT: Does anyone know of an e-publisher aimed at male readers where incest is allowed? Most of these e-publishers I've looked up are snooty and don't allow it. How restrictive is that?

There is some incest (sibling) in my novels. Also, see "What's It Like To Be A Man" for some "arm's length" that pushes the envelope.

 

[SesameStreet]

That a really nice flash you have to advertise your e-Books. It would really be great if you could make it a clickable link to the purchase Site.

 

[flavortang]

There is some incest (sibling) in my novels. Also, see "What's It Like To Be A Man" for some "arm's length" that pushes the envelope.

Have you had any of your works accepted by e-publishers? If so, which ones accepted the incest work?

 

[WRJames]

That a really nice flash you have to advertise your e-Books. It would really be great if you could make it a clickable link to the purchase Site.

Yeah -- I did it.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Have you had any of your works accepted by e-publishers? If so, which ones accepted the incest work?

Not that I'm an expert, but most of the Epublishing sites I've looked at specifically say that they aren't interested in incest.

You might try Group MVP, they pay for sex stories.

 

[flavortang]

It's really frustrating. I can't believe with all the e-publishers on the net, they all have so many damned restrictions. They sell all types of smut but get holier than thou when it comes to incest stories. Nonsense.

 

[WRJames]

Have you had any of your works accepted by e-publishers? If so, which ones accepted the incest work?

As my banner shows -- Club Lighthouse Publishing. In fact, I submitted there originally because the submissions guidelines were not so restrictive. But there is not a whole lot if incest -- it's not the major theme.

Terrie (the lovely editor at CLPH) has updated the submission guidelines for CLHP since I first made contact there -- I see that she is now emphasizing BDSM and bondage for the erotica submissions. I know she has been egging me on to include more of that in my novels -- either for that reason or natural evolution each one is getting a little darker than the last. There are some excerpts out on Lit.

Here is a quote from one of Terrie's early notes to me (for the first novel, A Worm In Eden) which give some idea what she is looking for

Two things that are very important to me as an editor apart from telling great story, is character development which I see emerging at a steady pace as I read the manuscript, and atmosphere....I want to be transported into the world you've created, and you've managed to do that quite eloquently and made me eager to read the rest of it. Congratulations!

By the way -- like Lit, she wants everyone over 18 -- but she was okay with making fairly superficial changes to achieve that.

 

[champagne1982]

I'm not sure why you imply that sites that don't publish incest stories are snooty. I'm sure they don't publish beastiality, child porn or snuff stories either. Incest is illegal as are the other subjects mentioned. What self-respecting publisher is going to risk their company's income on fighting legal battles over a very minor fringe group's rights to publish? Not many I'm betting.

 

[flavortang]

I doubt they're self-respecting if they're publishing erotic stories about orgies, foot fetishes and BDSM. If their restrictions are purely based on possible blowback from the law, then I can understand.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

It's really frustrating. I can't believe with all the e-publishers on the net, they all have so many damned restrictions. They sell all types of smut but get holier than thou when it comes to incest stories. Nonsense.

If you want to write for money, then look at the publisher's guidlines and try to produce something they are looking for. Obviously you have something that there is no commerical market for.

 

[flavortang]

I guess the only reason I'm frustrated is because this work is nearing 125 pages and suddenly the internets seem super picky about what they're willing to accept.

I have half a dozen other projects that I want to write that I know will be more palatable to e-publishers, I just hate restrictions.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

I guess the only reason I'm frustrated is because this work is nearing 125 pages and suddenly the internets seem super picky about what they're willing to accept.

I have half a dozen other projects that I want to write that I know will be more palatable to e-publishers, I just hate restrictions.

I don't they've been picky all of a sudden, I don't think they've changed much in the past couple of years.

That's the beauty of Lit, and not being interested in publishing, I don't have any of your problems...

 

[flavortang]

It's not a problem, it was more of a curiosity. I'll continue to write for myself, regardless of if I can ever sell my work. If I can't sell, oh well. I'll still write what I like when I like and how I like.

 

[CeriseNoire]

I doubt they're self-respecting if they're publishing erotic stories about orgies, foot fetishes and BDSM. If their restrictions are purely based on possible blowback from the law, then I can understand.

Somehow that sounds as 'snooty' as you're accusing them of being. You've just put down several categories that people write about or enjoy, just because they're not your cup of tea. And there are people out there who think publishing erotica is a perfectly respectable business by the way.

Anyway, if your point is that you want to see it in print because you wrote a lot of pages, the self-publishing is probably your best bet.

If you want any given publisher to buy your work, then you need to offer what they want as suited to their particular market.

 

[WRJames]

I'm not sure why you imply that sites that don't publish incest stories are snooty. I'm sure they don't publish beastiality, child porn or snuff stories either. Incest is illegal as are the other subjects mentioned. What self-respecting publisher is going to risk their company's income on fighting legal battles over a very minor fringe group's rights to publish? Not many I'm betting.

WHAT? You are implying that it's somehow illegal to WRITE about activities that are illegal? What about detective novels? Please!