ETA: NYDN: Hot off the presses link found at Sylvia Day’s blog.

Avon Red
::sits back and waits for kristiej to stop snickering::

It could be worse, it could be SPICE. You may have noticed, romantica/erotica is exploding all around us. Think what you may about AVON. I am very interested to see what they buy and publish.

Good thing too since the first two books come out soon. Of course at the price I have no idea if I can get them, so I am crossing my fingers they come my way for review. Hint… hint…

Parlor Games by Jess Michaels, Leda Swann, Julia Templeton – Historical

If This Bed Could Talk by by Liz Maverick, Kimberly Dean, Lynn LaFleur – Contemporary

Both look nice, have ok titles and I think have nice covers. Booksquare is where I got the link and she sez:

Erotica is pretty popular in electronic format isn’t it? If you hang around in the right places, you begin to realize that a lot of readers are going online for their erotic reading. We’re a bit curious as to why — our theory is that some women are uncomfortable heading out the local Borders to buy erotica.

Really in my mind it is easy: covers, titles and price. It isn’t so much buying the book that has erotica on the cover as much as the naked ass. And it is sad that you can get the ebook for MM price or buy a trade for near double. Or at least that is what I hear repeatedly when chatting with readers at the book store.

What do you think?

Other than the two title above, I have seen:
• Swept Away by Toni Blake; September 2006
• Sugar and Spice by Leda Swann; October 2006
• Pleasure Control by Cathryn Fox; November 2006
**PLEASURE EXCHANGE and PLEASURE PROLONGED follow, no date yet
• Seduce Me by Dahlia Schweitzer; December 2006
• Familiar Kind of Magic by Sylvia Day March 2007
• Into the Darkness Delilah Devlin; April 2007
• My Immortal by Sylvia Day; May 2007
• My Immortal II (needs a name) by Sylvia Day; Dec 2007
** Belle On The Bend by Lynn LaFleur but I can’t find a date for it. And wow, she has had some bad covers with EC.

Any others you know of? Are you planning to check out Red?

(yes you can tell by the link to booksquare this has been sitting in draft for a bit and really should have been the second post. But I am putting off going back and seeing what is left of the other post after my lovely computer shut down… again)