Patty Marks: Sex, Romance, and Erotic Bestsellers

The beginnings of Ellora’s Cave, the Akron, Ohio–based publisher of erotic romance fiction, have become something of a publishing business legend. Tina M. Engler, a single mom at the time, began writing the kind of romance novels she wanted to read—novels written with explicit descriptions of sexual encounters—and sent them off to various romance houses, hoping to find a publisher. When her books were all rejected—invariably because of the graphic sex scenes—she decided to publish them herself. Engler, who continues to write and publish fiction for Ellora’s Cave under the name Jaid Black, began selling her work as ebooks in 2000, launched Ellora’s Cave in 2001, and had about $30,000 in sales that first year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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