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Right around Christmas, when my daughter was home from college and able to do all the formatting for me, I put up a whole bunch of erotic romances on Smashwords. A bunch went up on iTunes quite rapidly, within a week or so. And then suddenly... they stopped going up on iTunes. It's been over five weeks for some of them now. When I asked Smashwords about it, I got the standard "it can take up to eight weeks for iTunes to review erotica." I know that sometimes it takes a while-- but the books WERE going up very quickly, and the remaining books are no different in heat level or content. I did minor updates on a few and reuploaded them to SW, but they're still not showing any signs of appearing on iTunes. (A "regular" romance I put up under my other name went up quickly enough, though that was a different account.) The books seem to be up on all other retailers-- but iTunes is the one I really care about, as it's where I make most of my money through SW.
Is everyone having this problem with iTunes and erotic romance? Is it a problem with other distributors, or when uploading directly? I'm trying to figure out if it's an iTunes problem (in which case I'll sit quietly and wait), or if it's a Smashwords problem (in which case there are other options).
Is everyone having this problem with iTunes and erotic romance? Is it a problem with other distributors, or when uploading directly? I'm trying to figure out if it's an iTunes problem (in which case I'll sit quietly and wait), or if it's a Smashwords problem (in which case there are other options).