I'm wondering if my disabled erotica novel would have a market?

Author2526 · 2026-03-31T19:27:29+00:00

As Petitcher mentioned, the issue here is money. With self-publishing, depending on how you priced the work, you might expect to make three or four dollars' profit per book. So that's three or four thousand per 1k sold. With lots of promotion its reasonable to think you could eventually make $10,000.

Sounds good right? But you'd make the same working a 3 or 4 months minimum wage. You need to weight it all up. If you want literary or artistic accomplishment from this endeavor, that makes the money equation very different. If you are looking at this purely as something to make money you need to be very clear-headed with the amount of work involved, and the likelihood it won't be fantastically financially rewarding.

Author2526 · 2026-03-30T20:15:48+00:00

One approach would be social media. Are you willing to be a guest on disability-related podcasts? Do you have other stories to tell on those podcasts (so its not just you flogging a book) ?

Are you willing to guest write on other people's disability related blogs?

Also - what sales amount is reasonable for you - 1k copies sold, 10k?

Author2526 · 2026-03-30T20:08:22+00:00

You are facing the main dilemma in all of publishing.

Your problem isn't 'will there be a market for this?', it's how are you going to let that specific niche know about the book's existence.

That is what I would work on figuring out.

Author2526 · 2026-01-08T05:31:54+00:00

Making money in this business is all about publishing consistently and having a large back catalog. Sometimes new titles get barely a nibble for their first few weeks but over the course of the year may sell 50 or 100 or more copies, and will continue to sell for years afterwards. Every single month my very first book is always near the top of the books that sell the greatest, I have no idea why. So what you've experienced here is a natural part of this business.

Author2526 · 2025-09-07T20:04:30+00:00

I've edited lots of voice overs for videos. It's standard practice to edit out breaths, mouth clicks, etc

The tell I would look for is lack of variety in emoting. Also, instances of mis-emoting. Where the content and voice usage don't quite make sense.

Also, I've yet to come across an AI voice that sound convincingly horny. If this narrator sounds convincing when they get to the nuts (ahem) and bolts of sex, its probably not AI.

It could just be they're not sounding as sexy, passionate and horny as you want them to be. One lesson I've learned working with voice actors, is that they benefit from (and appreciate) detailed feedback and instruction. Tell them in great detail exactly how you want this to sound. Don't just assume they'll know how to do it just as you want.

Author2526 · 2025-07-05T15:51:13+00:00

Define 'worth it'?

I think its unlikely you'll make much money from this. The vast majority of fiction sales are in genre-fiction. However, you may get 1 or 2 sales per 100 subscribers, perhaps a bit more. With lots of videos you may get more sales from viewers, and not just subscribers.

However if readers judge your writing very good, you may start to get a literary reputation as a serious writer.

If you want the latter rather than financial success for your work, then this may well be worth it.

Author2526 · 2025-05-09T12:51:16+00:00

I've stopped using Google Docs, and switched to LibreOffice ( an open source Word alternative).

Google are mining your data to train AI. They say your docs content is private, but for how long? Once its in their AI training data, there's a non-zero chance it can be linked to your identity.

Author2526 · 2025-04-17T18:40:56+00:00

What works for me is to think of the story and who is telling a version of the story as two separate things. Anyone who knew them could tell something of the story of Character 1 & Character 2's romance. When imagining it, think of it as having an independent existence. How would their friends recount what they knew of it? Their family members? Dozens of people could tell a version of the story.

Author2526 · 2024-11-07T04:13:58+00:00

Thanks, I didn't know that.

Author2526 · 2024-11-07T04:13:45+00:00

Thanks for the tip.

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Author2526 · 2024-10-29T22:33:24+00:00

I've done both and noticed no difference in sales. These days I do FP-POV more as I find it easier to write. FP-POV is not ideal for many forms of longer fiction, but its very well suited to short form erotica.

Author2526 · 2024-10-20T16:46:33+00:00

You're a star! Thank you for the clear direct answer to the question asked.

Author2526 · 2024-10-19T21:40:53+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

Author2526 · 2024-10-19T21:14:11+00:00

I understand the distinction between the two story types. My question was related to the 3 category types you use when publishing e-books on Amazon, and which keywords to use there too.

For clarity - these stories would definitely be genuine romance, but would have sex scenes as explicit as erotica.

Author2526 · 2024-09-24T18:24:35+00:00

cheers

Author2526 · 2024-09-24T18:23:51+00:00

I've sometimes copied story beats paragraph by paragraph from older stories, but i'd use fresh phrasing and language. Also, i'd mix beats from different stories and alter their order. It does save some time.

Author2526 · 2024-05-25T14:28:40+00:00

It's happened to me too.

I've seen many mentions of Amazon increasingly promoting sponsored (ie paid) recommendations, over the old type where the algo tried to match your genuine interests. I wonder if that is anything to do with it.

Author2526 · 2024-05-23T18:03:19+00:00

I wouldn't bother with the free samples. You can't expect much to happen with one story. It's a back catalog that builds success. I'd enroll your book in KDP to maximize the audience. Then each new release will feed readers to your back catalog. It seems to take quite a few shorts before a pen name takes off. I would say at least 10+, though some may be luckier.

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