I’ve been quiet about Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited Program, and self-publishing in general, for several years. Part of me just gave up. (It really does feel good when you stop banging your head against a wall!) I’m an old cynic about Amazon now, I guess. They have been squeezing authors, paying us less and less, since the program started. Personally, I’ve… Read More
ScAmazon 2 – Mammoth Consequences: The Digital Sweatshop
About a month ago, I did a post about the scams that are rocking the self-publishing world on Amazon. I pointed to the scam Kindle internet marketing course that Dave Koziel was doing, and the 15-year-old German kid who made 130K using his methods. Today, I saw a video from Dave Koziel on YouTube. He apparently felt it necessary to… Read More
SCAMAZON – Amazon “Kindle Unlimited” Scammers Netting Millions
How are scammers making millions off Amazon? (And off any author enrolled in Amazon’s KDP Select program?) It’s easy. So say digital entrepreneurs scammers like Dave Koziel – who admits to outsourcing his material, he’s not an actual writer or anything. You see, all you have to do it just upload “books” stuffed to the gills with anything, even unrelated… Read More
Pornocalypse 2015 – Part Two (The Barnes and Noble Version)
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
Erotica Authors Pull-Out on Amazon KU – Time to Come To The Dark Side!
Erotica authors were impatiently waiting for July 1, for a look at the new dashboard and the opportunity for a glimpse into the Bezos crystal ball at what they might be paid for the month of July, when the Kindle Unlimited changes took place. Looks like the numbers are (kind of) in… and the outlook is rather dismal. Erotica shorts… Read More
NEW INFORMATION: The New Kindle Unlimited – What It Means For Authors and Readers
I’m writing this as an ADDENDUM to clarify information in my blog post: The New Kindle Unlimited – What It Means For Authors and Readers! After getting such conflicting information about whether or not we were going to get just the metric, “borrowed pages read” replacing the number currently in the “borrows” column, or whether or not we were going to… Read More
Excitica – New Erotica/Romance Storefront – Selena Kitt
EXCITICA www.excitica.com After a rocky start in March of 2014, we’ve now opened our doors again with a fully functioning web site that will ultimately become THE home for erotica and erotic romance! EXCITICA is run by Selena Kitt (that’s me!) New York Times bestselling and award winning author of erotica and erotic romance fiction with over one million authored books… 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
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
Erotica Gravy Train
My brother-in-law says he wants to write an erotic book. What he really means is: I want to get rich. Everyone is talking about erotica lately. The words “mommy-porn” are on everyone’s lips, from Dr. Phil to Dr. Oz to the ladies of The View. E.L. James’ “Shades” series has pushed erotica and erotic romance into the mainstream spotlight. Suddenly… Read More