So Monday I bopped on over to Erotica Cover Watch like I do every week, to post my link for my Man Candy Monday contribution. ECW has been campaigning since last September for publishers of women's erotica to put some sexy men on the covers of their books. Apparently, it's usually just women, even when the book is about het sex _for_women_. Despite arguments that it would be financial suicide for an erotica publisher to put a guy on the cover of a book, ECW forged on, and now, finally, someone has listened.
Here's a link to the ECW post about Xcite, a U.K. women's erotica publisher who read ECW's blog and rethought thier position on cover art. Yay for Xcite and editor Miranda Forbes. But wait, the news gets even better. The forward-thinking Xcite is now taking submissions for an m/m erotica anthology, for women! Up until now, m/m has only had a presence in erotic romance. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time an erotica publsher has made this leap. Here's a link to their submission guidelines:
http://www.xcitebooks.co.uk/editors-page-4-w.asp
In far less spiffy news, ECW also posted that publishing at U.K. women's erotica imprint Black Lace has been suspended. :( So sorry to hear it, ECW, but keep up the good fight. We here at Friskbiskit support you.
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