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KleinerFink
1 month ago

There are whole publishing houses for erotic literature, so the market is available. But if one manages to successfully mix with his idea and his manuscript, that is another question.

I find “the Uschtrin” the most helpful reference book if you are on the way as a hopeful new author and want to publish something:

SECTION 3

The various publishers and genres are also presented, scroll down a bit, then a list of publishers specializing in eroticism comes up:

https://www.uschtrin.de/static/leseprobe3_verlage-und-genres_kap10-67044225101543b9b8d5f04a6c79c2d6.pdf

You can then click through the individual publishers if you can send your manuscript there or if they only want a sample or do not take into account any unsolicited entries at all. At blue panther Verlag, for example, this is the page that describes what they are looking for (and what not) and how to submit manuscripts to them:

https://www.blue-panther-books.de/de/manuscripte-fuer-den-verlag.html

EstherMontanus
1 month ago

I mean, that’s what Kindle’s doing in the self-verlag.

I’ve read it’s going to mass. I would like to try this and try to put together a band with erotic short stories.

ECT

tinalisatina
1 month ago

It is not much different in erotic novels than in other topics: no 5 per cent of the authors (and these are the ones who publish books at renowned publishers) can live by writing. For everyone else, it’s a grant business. And as a newcomer to be accepted at an agency at all (I’m not talking about a publisher), is hard enough.

Asking the question would be like that if someone who has never played football asks if he can play with a big Bundesliga association.

frostfeuer85
1 month ago

The success of 50 Shades of Grey is a term for you? So it can be financially worthwhile if you have a good hand for the mass taste. But if writing makes you happy, I would do it all for myself, even if it doesn’t have a cent.

xJustMex
1 month ago

Is the question serious?

  • Fifty Shades of Grey
  • The after series
  • Crossfire
  • Very Bad Kings

Everyone goes in this direction and all of them came very well, although they were mostly not even very well written.

Sex has always sold well and that will not change in the future. There is never a guarantee that it sells well, because this depends on many factors, but basically: yes, it is worth it.

Love

xJustMex
1 month ago
Reply to  bububu45

That’s a good question. I honestly didn’t finish any of these rows, but it’s noticeable that male protagonists are almost always arrogant assholes that drag dark secrets around and have a proper sexual appetite. Mixed with hot sex scenes affects most readers of such books, I guess.

Don’t misunderstand me: You are not written in a grottenschlecht, but the language is often very simple and sometimes also vulgar (depending on Storyline), that’s not everyone.
Very Bad Kings also had much bigger problems (the figures were cruelly written), but it still sold mega well.

xJustMex
1 month ago

Well, most women are dressed by men who are mysterious, dark and dangerous. At least in her imagination and exactly that is addressed with such books. That’s why it always works so well. : As long as you don’t put this imagination into reality, I don’t see a problem.

peeonmytoes
1 month ago

If you do good advertising, can write good or otherwise you can get something out of it, you’ll definitely get money.

Shoron
1 month ago

If so, it won’t tell anyone. That’s like watching porn.

Let it go, there’s something more meaningful.