PSA: Barnes and Noble has made keywords and publisher names unsearchable on their site. I hate to be the bearer of bad news twice in a week, but here we go again. This time it’s the folks over at Barnes and Noble. I’ve had reports (that I’ve now verified) that erotic keywords are being severely restricted. A search for “menage” comes… Read More
New Re-Branded Titles from Selena Kitt
Re-Covered Re-Titled & on SALE One Second Chance GAY MALE EROTIC ROMANCE EPIC AWARD WINNER (formerly titled “Second Chance”) Power Exchange BDSM EROTICA (formerly titled “The Flintstone Experiment”) Magical Meetings PARANORMAL EROTICA Can’t Walk Away (formerly titled “I’ll Be Your Superman“) Backroads Cop DUBCON EROTICA (formerly titled “On Cherry Hill”) His Shaved MILF INTERRACIAL CUB/COUGAR EROTICA (formerly titled “Shorn”) Behind… Read More
Hachette Authors Cry Censorship – Welcome to My World!
Hachette authors are crying “censorship!” Ursula K. Le Guin has been quoted as saying, “We’re talking about censorship: deliberately making a book hard or impossible to get, ‘disappearing’ an author.” Welcome to my world, Ms. Le Guin. Were you among the authors who, years ago when Amazon started banning erotica, slapping on the adult filter, making it generally difficult to… Read More
Amazon’s Continued Double Standard – About What You’d Expect
If you’re an erotica writer, you know that Amazon has a double standard. If you publish a title and put it into the “erotica” category, there are certain things that aren’t allowed in the title or on blurb. But if you put that same title and blurb into the “romance” category, it’s fine. Half-naked couples in a hot, torrid embrace… Read More
Corporate Censorship: Amazon Targets Dark Erotic Romance & BDSM
Heads up authors: Amazon is targeting erotica again. This time, it’s “Dark Erotic Romance” (read: DubCon and NonCon) and BDSM. I hate to say I told you so – but I told you so. I said, back when Amazon caved and stopped carrying the ped0phile’s guide, that we were heading down a slippery slope. I said it again when my… Read More
Publishers Weekly: Indie Authors Deliver Erotica
Great article from Publisher’s Weekly, quoting yours truly, about Indie writers rocking the erotica world! Thank you, Allison Schiff, for writing such a sex-positive and erotica-positive article! And go go erotica authors! 😀 Some highlights: “Basically, they’re hiding our books on their site and it’s becoming harder and harder to find our audience,” says Kitt, whose incest-themed books were banned from… Read More
Porn Hunt 2013: Gossip Boys “Researching” Porn Real Hard
One of my all-time favorite movie scenes is from Doubt. [youtube id=”7OmBXWA0Rfc”] A woman was gossiping with a friend about a man she hardly knew— I know none of you have ever done this—that night she had a dream. A great hand appeared over her and pointed down at her. She was immediately seized with an overwhelming sense of guilt…. Read More
Amazon at it Again – Blocking Pseudoincest and Monster Sex!
Amazon is at it again. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised anymore when Amazon decides to change the rules of publishing erotica on their site, but there are days when I feel like my career in this genre is a little bit like playing Calvinball. (Anyone else remember Calvin and Hobbes?) The only rules are the ones Amazon makes up… Read More
Nanny State Gone Wild in the UK
Well it’s happened to our friends across the pond. The Prime Minister has made it official – pornography will be blocked by default on the Internet in the UK unless you choose to “opt in” to receive it. (And of course, if you do “opt in,” your name will be forwarded to a UK government agency in charge of overseeing citizens… Read More
Survival Tips for the Pornocalypse 2 (Erotica Readers Unite!)
Last week I wrote about Amazon’s latest push to get erotica out of the sight (and presumably out of the minds) of readers. But while this Pornocalypse continues, and I’ve given writers tips on how to survive Amazon’s jackboot on the throat of their genre, I now want to give erotica readers hope for their reading future! Look, I hate… Read More
Survival Tips for the Pornocalypse (Erotica Writers Get Armed and Ready!)
The Pornocalypse has begun. Amazon continues filtering erotica out of their All Department Search in large numbers. Don’t stick your head in the sand and think it’s going to all go away. By then, it may be too late. It’s time for you, as an erotica writer, to take action. (And erotica readers, if you stumbled across this, you too!)… Read More