I've heard first - hand reports of B&N manipulating its rankings
for erotica titles as well, but only for indie authors and not for trad pubbed titles:
Only a small portion of self - pubbed books sales are
for erotica titles — 1.2 % in fact — which proves that you can indie publish successfully without writing a kissing book.
Not exact matches
The BeWrite Books catalogue at the start of 2010 contained 120
titles in so many genres that it's simpler to itemise what we do not offer: books
for children or exclusively YA,
erotica, swords - and - sorcery fantasy and space - opera - style science fiction.
After watching spy novelist Jeremy Duns express his surprise on Twitter that the
titles were freely available
for sale, The Kernel's reporting team purchased a copy of Naughty Daughter Abducted And Pounded By Daddy's Cock: Anal Sex And BDSM With My Step Father (taboo daddy daughter
erotica) by Shannon Leigh.
However, the reason
for the NSFW warning is that they also carry hentai (
erotica) and photo magazines of models, which they mix indiscriminately among their other
titles, many of which are teen - friendly.
Unfortunately, the national attention aimed at the
erotica title A Gronking to Remember — yes, erotic short fiction starring the New England Patriots» own Rob Gronkowski — isn't such a great thing
for its author, presumably pen named Lacey Noonan.
The
erotica genre as a whole came under attack in the last two weeks when PayPal ordered more than 2,000
titles that were deemed inappropriate to be removed from Smashwords» catalog of ebooks; failure to do so would result in the cancellation of Smashwords» PayPal account, rendering the ebook distribution site incapable of accepting payment
for ebooks in its current method.
The social media buzz surrounding the
erotica title Fifty Shades of Grey has resulted in impressive sales
for author E.L. James, but the book itself — while an enjoyable and engaging read — is only half as exciting as the story of how the book came to market.
These bundled digital files are offered by both stand alone authors who lump their
titles together, such as Ella Fox's first four books in the Hart Family series, or by a group of authors — such as the four
erotica authors behind The Naughty List — who piggyback existing
titles with each others» works
for added promotion and publicity, ebook bundling is a way to make additional income and grow a fan base through digital.
Now, the
title alone is enough
for me to raise an eyebrow but, well, I guess even Patriots fans need their
erotica.
It was the only kind of deal publishers would sign (
for lots of good reasons, and some less less good reasons), but that did not make the economics stack up any better: the writing was on the wall back in July when rival subscription company Scribd culled a range of romance and
erotica titles from its service because they were costing the company too much money.
He says: «Smashwords is considering adding new metadata fields
for erotica authors so they can voluntarily tag their books as NSFAK (not safe
for Apple / Kobo), but because these
titles meet the Smashwords Terms of Service they are allowed at Smashwords and other Smashwords retailers.
Lothlorien actually released two versions of the same ebook earlier this year when she republished her Sleeping Beauty to veer off into an alternate ending, allowing fans to opt
for which ending they felt best about; interestingly, Lothlorien is also releasing the same
title as an
erotica ebook with the same plotlines and characters but with the romantic element punched up
for fans who look
for a little more detail in their
titles.
After checking the author page
for Maria Cruz, who that day had the top - selling
erotica book in Amazon's U.K. Kindle store, she counted 40
erotica ebook
titles, including Sister Pretty Little Mouth, My Step Mom and Me, Wicked Desires Steamy Stories and Domenating [sic] Her, plus one called Dracula's Amazing Adventure.
They all basically blame indie authors
for putting their
erotica titles side by side with children's books, hampering eBook discovery and raising a firestorm.
Kobo recently raised the ire of some authors due to restrictions in its self - publishing platform, Writing Life, due to the appearance of
erotica and adult - themed self - published ebooks making their way into online book retailers» children's sections, with the end result being a statement from the company that they will not consider
for sale certain inappropriate thematic elements and that, like most of the other retailers including Amazon and Barnes and Noble, they would be deleting
titles whose metadata or keywords seemed intentionally misleading.
«A huge problem
for erotica authors is self - promotion,» commented D.C. McMillen, author of the
erotica title The Rusty Nail.
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Ellora's Cave erotic publisher pre-dated the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon and offers print - on - demand (POD)
titles are available through Ingram and Amazon.com in the subjects of erotic romance; less sexually explicit romance through their Blush imprint, sexually adventurous
erotica and EC
for Men.
In a post
titled «Self - Published
Erotica is Being Singled Out
For Sweeping Deletions From Major eBookstores ``, The Digital Reader wrote about what appears to be a trend to remove certain
titles from the catalogs of Amazon, Kobo, B&N and WH Smith.
Kiki Wellington's Supernatural Seductions — Free
For a Limited Time ** Plus, Hundreds of Free & Bargain
Erotica Titles
Smashwords still has a website that looks like it was put together in mom's basement, and makes no effort to police their
titles — all of Smashwords top sellers are
erotica, and while that's great
for that market, their reputation as a porn site cuts down on their market.
Title: I Won't Say (I'm in Love) Author: Evee Lamb Genre: Contemporary Romance /
Erotica Age Group: Adult (18 +) Rating: 4 stars Purchase: Amazon Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange
for an honest review.
Title: Trusting The Knot Author: Kara Winters Genre:
Erotica Age Group: Adult (18 +) Rating: 4 stars Purchase: Amazon Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange
for an honest review.
Title: A Dance
for Fools Author: J.A Lynch Genre:
Erotica Age Group: Adult (18 +) Rating: 4 stars Purchase: Amazon (US), Amazon (UK) Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange
for an honest review.
Titles that are categorized as Erotica are unable to be in the Kindle Short Reads section, so let's assume, for arguments sake, that of the 1 million titles in Kindle Unlimited, around 400,000 are under 100 pages long, and we know according to Amazon the average length of a book read is 210 pages
Titles that are categorized as
Erotica are unable to be in the Kindle Short Reads section, so let's assume,
for arguments sake, that of the 1 million
titles in Kindle Unlimited, around 400,000 are under 100 pages long, and we know according to Amazon the average length of a book read is 210 pages
titles in Kindle Unlimited, around 400,000 are under 100 pages long, and we know according to Amazon the average length of a book read is 210 pages long.
What's worse is that a lot of the porn wasn't even comics; the graphic novel department had become a dumping - ground
for ad - hoc collections of ripped - off hardcore JPGs and
erotica with
titles like «Attack From Behind!»
Disturbingly, the number - one «comic» in the Kindle Fire's «Comics & Graphic Novels» department on Monday was a text - only chunk of
erotica titled «Chili Peppers,» which is indeed a graphic novel, but not the kind you'd be looking
for in that section.
Titles offered for free or very low prices will escape the cuts, said Coker, who added: «Even after the cut, thousands of Smashwords romance and erotica titles will remain, but that offers little solace to our bestselling romance authors who are already offering low - priced, high - word - count
Titles offered
for free or very low prices will escape the cuts, said Coker, who added: «Even after the cut, thousands of Smashwords romance and
erotica titles will remain, but that offers little solace to our bestselling romance authors who are already offering low - priced, high - word - count
titles will remain, but that offers little solace to our bestselling romance authors who are already offering low - priced, high - word - count books.
Additionally, it appears that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have apparently begun removing
erotica titles based on keywords only
for the «offensive content» without providing a proper review.