As I understand it, right now the “difficulty selling” from publishers is mostly limited to ebooks. The availability of lesbian fiction as ebooks is really just at the very beginning and the market for these books is still growing. Just as at one point m/m ebooks were not as popular as they are now, I think that’s where we are with f/f ebooks and the popularity and readership will continue to grow. Lesbian print books have always sold well, as evidenced by the fact that there are several publishers dedicated solely to lesbian fiction.

I have not read Leah’s reviews so I’m definitely going to go check her site. Reviewers of lesbian fiction are extremely hard to find, even at Rainbow Reviews which I co-owned until recently. Review sites all over have problems finding enough readers and reviewers for this particular genre but hopefully more people will come join us soon.

I really do think you’re right that f/f often gets lost in the popularity of m/m ebooks. A large majority of reviewers are primarily reading ebooks and are primarily straight women who prefer to read only m/m erotica.

You’re not going to get shot down here as I absolutey agree with you! The majority of readers right now are straight women, so understandably they don’t have an attraction to women. What surprises me the most though is that when either m/m or f/f is mentioned, people immediately think of erotica. There are so many books that are m/m or f/f that don’t have any erotic content and are fabulous books.

I think there is most definitely a barrier that most people have put up ~ and my twisted brain wonders if it’s related to porn and the popularity of “lesbian porn” among hetero men. I’m really glad to hear that you enjoyed the lesbian erotica you read and it’s even better if you decide to read more in the future. I think right now the more exposure lesbian fiction gets, the better. Maybe the more readers and reviewers talk about it, other readers will try it out.

Thanks for the recommendations of reviewers ~ I’ll definitely check them out!

However, as Kris said, Leah (Madame Butterfly) might be a possibility as a reviewer for you. Rainbow-Reviews is a GBLT review site so some of its reviewers might be interested in reviewing for Three Dollar Bill Reviews – Kassa may know how to contact a few of them since she also reviews for RR.

I’ve wondered why there are more review sites for f/f myself, but assumed it had more to do with f/f being lost in the overwhelming popularity of m/m.

I also think – and I might get shot down for this – there is still something taboo about f/f that many readers – and, let’s face it, most of them are ‘het’ women – have yet to willingly approach. When I posted about my first experience with the f/f genre, a number of people automatically said ‘no way not going there’. Later, a few came across it and, like me with my first lesbian erotica read, were surprised by how much they had enjoyed it. I found that particularly interesting and telling that there is a barrier there that seems to either put off or scare people.

As to reviewers, I know that Leah of Madame Butterfly (http://tiny.cc/0tnSa) reviews f/f and Val of Obsidian Bookshelf has also reviewed a couple. I also use goodreads as an indicator of what people thought about particular books.