books

New Release: Filth charity anthology

anthology, books, erotic fiction, erotica, new release, romance 12th July 2018 New Books

Fancy something to read on your summer holiday? How about a hot collection of naughty stories raising funds for a range of charities… Filth – An anthology for naughty girls with dirty desires. Filth comes to you from six different … Continued

So Do You Judge A Book By Its Cover?

authors, books, bookselling, cover art, erotica, writing 24th April 2018 Musings

One of the perennial pieces of advice given to the self-publishing author is: spend some money on your cover. Don’t have a go with some Photoshop knock-off and FFS don’t do a drawing, scan it in and add the title … Continued

Shenanigans All Weekend

authors, books, erotic books, fetish fair, market 16th April 2018 Events, Fairs and Markets

books, bookselling, erotica, Zak Jane Keir

Shenanigans, indeed! The first part of this weekend’s fun times was the West Midlands book signing event, held in Wellington. The day didn’t get off to a great start for me, as a battle with a recalcitrant ticket machine at … Continued

Taking Stock: 20 years of selling naughty books.

books, bookselling, erotica, fetish, kink, markets 6th March 2018 Fairs and Markets, Musings

To be fair, it was initially magazines… I started taking a stall at what was then the Whiplash Market in the mid-90s, selling copies of the magazines I worked for. It was fun, but it was predominantly pocket money: I … Continued

#WorldBookDay and a lifelong love of reading

#WorldBookDay, books, erotica, reading 1st March 2018 Musings, Other Things

Quite a lot of you are probably snowed in today, so you can honour the festival by grabbing a favourite read, or a brand new one, and curling up contentedly in the warm, with the most perfect means of escape … Continued

Inspiration, travel and trading

books, erotica, event, fiction, market, travel 24th January 2018 Fairs and Markets, Musings

So I took myself and the book bag to the BBB last Sunday. After an aggravating start (one train cancelled, the next one delayed, only enough credit to send one text to announce lateness) I settled down to enjoy the … Continued

Fact and fiction: notes from London Fetish Weekend

books, bookselling, fiction, London Fetish Weekend 24th October 2017 Events, Musings

fiction, books, bookselling, fetish market, London Fetish Weekend

(Yes, OK, a little late with posting this, but it’s been a busy week or two…) For the second year running, I took the Dirty Sexy Worlds bookstall to the London Alternative Market’s special LFW event and, for the second … Continued

Manchester Author Event: Books and Boats And Bands and Buses

author event, books, bookselling, erotica, signing, writers 21st August 2017 Events 1 Comments

I wrote about the first MAEG last year – it was also my first ever author event. This time, I was better prepared – well, mostly. No one could have done anything about the bloody weather. And the trouble I … Continued

Making use of ‘Piano Tuner’s Privilege’

books, erotica, marketing, promotion, spamming 31st July 2017 Musings, New Books

So as not to disappoint anyone, this isn’t a woke rant about the iniquity of some people having pianos while others do not. Piano Tuner’s Privilege is a concept that comes, like several other favourites of mine from Mumsnet. It’s … Continued

London Alternative Market: a trader’s day.

books, bookseller, erotica, LAM, London, market 6th June 2017 Events, Fairs and Markets

LAM books, bookselling, event, happening

Yes, this was going to be a post full cheery chatter about enjoying my day at the LAM and having a bookstall out in London for the first time in ages. But… events. I heard about the latest outbreak of … Continued