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Now that my erotic romance novel is almost ready to be published, I'm writing a dozen erotic short stories to release as singles and collections. So far, so good.
In looking at the covers that other erotica authors use, I see they fall into two camps. I'll call them seductive and outright sexual.
The sensual covers seem to mostly have bare-chested men with women close by or in some kind of clench with them.
The sexual covers mainly look like very scantily clad women, women disrobing, or men and women in outright sexual positions.
My wife and I have been discussing these two camps. To my mind, they target different audiences. I think women and men. My wife isn't so sure it's that clear cut.
She favors the less provocative covers and I'm of two minds. I want to know which sell better. To that end, she is picking half the covers and I'll select the rest. Then we'll see if there is a difference in sales numbers.
What I'd like to ask here is, has anyone else conducted such a test? Does anyone have any opinions or guesses? Or even general thoughts on erotica covers in general?
In looking at the covers that other erotica authors use, I see they fall into two camps. I'll call them seductive and outright sexual.
The sensual covers seem to mostly have bare-chested men with women close by or in some kind of clench with them.
The sexual covers mainly look like very scantily clad women, women disrobing, or men and women in outright sexual positions.
My wife and I have been discussing these two camps. To my mind, they target different audiences. I think women and men. My wife isn't so sure it's that clear cut.
She favors the less provocative covers and I'm of two minds. I want to know which sell better. To that end, she is picking half the covers and I'll select the rest. Then we'll see if there is a difference in sales numbers.
What I'd like to ask here is, has anyone else conducted such a test? Does anyone have any opinions or guesses? Or even general thoughts on erotica covers in general?