Sexual self-help books
• Amorous Pop Culture
Where do the livlier sex manuals sell?
To some readers sexual health may be beside the point. Mr. Willett of Ulysses Press said that titles like The Wild Guide to Sex and Loving sold better in the Bible Belt than in markets like New York. The books are "explicit but not pornographic," he said. "In areas where people have a limited access to pornography these books satisfy a need."
Judith Regan's ReganBooks was a trendsetter in the latest spate of sexual self-help books. Where will she go next?
As the sex books become ever more steamy, some publishers, even the more venturesome, are already thinking of backing away. "There are still places you can go with these books," Ms. Regan suggested, "but I don't want to go there."
Pity Janet Hardy of Greenery Press wasn't interviewed.