08-29-2008, 08:19 PM
Awesome, perhaps we can also post reviews somewhere to help us all find some good digital Gothic novels to read!
That is another great thing about epublishers. Unlike paper publishers, the titles stay available longer, and the authors are not stuck with only 1 'slot' every year, or every six months.
So, other suggestions besides http://HerStoryBooks.com books in the historical romance and regency categories are:
http://hardshellwordfactory.com had a couple of Gothics last time I was there. Patricia White is probably their best author.
And of course Ellora's cave is really erotica but they do try to do some Gothic-type books. http://www.ellorascave.com/
Berkley Jove recently picked up a couple of their authors to publish them in paperback, but I have to say, the quality of the writing was very uneven (yes, I DO think erotica should be written well!) I will never read another Jaid Black book again.
Black Lace used to do more Gothic erotica, but last time I looked they were doing few new titles, a lot of tacky reprints and Sex in the City type books.
The first book I spotted was Gothic Heat when I just went over there, by one of their mainstay writers Portia DaCosta, and she has another called Gothic Blue. She is one of their better writers, and again, a lot of times, esp now the prices have gone up so much, I borrow my books from Booksfree.com
Black Lace was where Emma Holly started her career (and should have stayed-I hate her upyrs and the books have so much same sex content, esp amongst men, that they can't really be called romance any more, though the publishers are still trying to market them that way).
But again, these authors want more 'slots', and so they crank out 'product', not really the kind of wonderful writing that appeals to all of the 5 senses, plus the sixth sense, the way good Gothic writing (and even erotica/romantica) should.
That is another great thing about epublishers. Unlike paper publishers, the titles stay available longer, and the authors are not stuck with only 1 'slot' every year, or every six months.
So, other suggestions besides http://HerStoryBooks.com books in the historical romance and regency categories are:
http://hardshellwordfactory.com had a couple of Gothics last time I was there. Patricia White is probably their best author.
And of course Ellora's cave is really erotica but they do try to do some Gothic-type books. http://www.ellorascave.com/
Berkley Jove recently picked up a couple of their authors to publish them in paperback, but I have to say, the quality of the writing was very uneven (yes, I DO think erotica should be written well!) I will never read another Jaid Black book again.
Black Lace used to do more Gothic erotica, but last time I looked they were doing few new titles, a lot of tacky reprints and Sex in the City type books.
The first book I spotted was Gothic Heat when I just went over there, by one of their mainstay writers Portia DaCosta, and she has another called Gothic Blue. She is one of their better writers, and again, a lot of times, esp now the prices have gone up so much, I borrow my books from Booksfree.com
Black Lace was where Emma Holly started her career (and should have stayed-I hate her upyrs and the books have so much same sex content, esp amongst men, that they can't really be called romance any more, though the publishers are still trying to market them that way).
But again, these authors want more 'slots', and so they crank out 'product', not really the kind of wonderful writing that appeals to all of the 5 senses, plus the sixth sense, the way good Gothic writing (and even erotica/romantica) should.
