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Erotic Review
Books – formerly The Erotic Print Society – is a
unique publishing house for erotic fiction, photography, art and
sex-guides, and home to The Erotic Review. To browse the
site and view our full catalogue, please click
here.
HISTORY
The Erotic Print Society was founded in 1994; nine years previously,
the Maclean Gallery in London's West End had hosted the first exhibition
of historic and contemporary erotic art ever held in this country,
entitled Forbidden Images.
The most popular items at this show were erotic prints. Hence Jamie
Maclean's idea to set up a publishing company specialising in the
production of facsimile erotic prints that were too rare or expensive
for the average collector to purchase.
Although initially successful, it soon became clear that the sale
of print portfolios alone would not be enough to sustain this fledging
business. At the same time we realised there were no publishers
committed to the erotic works of contemporary artists and writers.
The Society published its first book, with a good deal of amateur
cut-and paste-work, in 1996. Now it produces around fifteen titles
a year with an erotic theme – prolific, by any publisher's
standards. And in 2007, after buying back The Erotic Review
- a magazine founded by our company in 1995 – The Erotic Print
Society became Erotic Review Books.
MISSION
ER Books' intention is to lift the standards of erotica and sex
publishing to a level of sophistication that can be enjoyed by grown-ups,
not just 'adults', and by both sexes, not just one. ER Books takes
its readers' intelligence seriously. We feel that sex is a subject
that merits proper investigation and should not be given the superficial
or misogynistic treatment it so often receives. Or be labelled with
such careless indifference: today the overlap between erotica and
pornography is so great as to call for a redefinition of these two
terms. For instance, porn that was demonised yesterday tends to
be lauded as erotica today. We think that there's simply good writing
about sex and bad. That porn can be either tasteless or acceptable.
And that erotica can be either inspiring or dull.
PRINTS
ER Books still sells portfolios of facsimile prints. It uses the
highest standards of printing techniques and the most appropriate
quality of paper for each edition which can be purchased in elegant
card folders or luxury, hand-crafted portfolios for preserving or
framing.
Head Office
1st Floor,
17 Harwood Rd,
London SW6 4QP
Tel: 020 7736 5800
(Please note: This is not a shop)
Postal Orders: ER Books, 54 New Street, Worcester, WR1
2DL
Orderline: 0800 026 25 24 (lines open 8am - 8pm
every weekday, 9am-5pm, Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday)
Customer Service: 0871 7110 134 (lines open as
above)
Fax: 0871 575 0080
Email:
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