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anna genoese ([personal profile] alg) wrote2006-06-21 04:07 pm

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Selling Books with GLBTQ Characters

Why can't you sell your "gay" book into the mainstream? Here are some thoughts on it.

[identity profile] mroctober.livejournal.com 2006-06-22 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I will say the Scott and Scott books made a brief foray into mainstream but the experiment apparently failed.

[identity profile] ritaxis.livejournal.com 2006-06-22 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't even understand what this means. All I know about Scott and Scott's distribution is their books turn up in my regular bookstore, and they're shelved on the Gay Men's Fiction shelf.

[identity profile] mroctober.livejournal.com 2006-06-22 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
A mainstream publisher released a version of Hot Sauce hoping to capitalize on the success of the series. The sales were very disappointing from what my editor friend told me. So they are back to self-publishing.