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'Steamy' YA fiction from Piccadilly

Publication Date: Tue, 02/10/2012 - 08:45

Piccadilly Press is claiming to be the first publisher to have harnessed the 50 Shades-generated appetite for raunchier reads for a younger market, having acquired a passionate romance for a YA readership.

Managing director Brenda Gardner bought world rights in Irresistible directly from author Liz Bankes, having...

50 Shades of Grey | acquistion | Brenda Gardner | Charlotte Williams | erotica | Home | Liz Bankes | Piccadilly Press | trend | YA
More publishers mount erotica bandwagon

Publication Date: Fri, 15/06/2012 - 08:30

Erotica is continuing to steam-up acquisition meetings, with 19th July a potential sweet spot as both Simon & Schuster and Orion ready new releases.

Simon & Schuster is publishing Rebecca Chance's Naughty Bits, a collection of the romance author's scenes from earlier novels which were "too hot to print...

Charlotte Williams | Eighty Days | erotica | Home | Jon Wood | Maxine Hitchcock | Orion | Rights deal | Simon & Schuster | trend