Last week we did an interview with lesbian romance author Cheyenne Blue on our German blog. Why? Well, we published the German version of her lesbian romance A Heart this Big. The English version sold better than snow cones [...]
Ever wondered what a lesbian publisher reads when she’s not flipping through submissions and checking manuscripts? Head of Ylva Publishing and all-round superwoman, Astrid Ohletz shared her favorite lesbian books with us. She loves a variety of genres, from [...]
Why Lesbian Fiction Is Awesome And You Need To Check It Out Today Of course, we’re all for lesbian fiction here at Ylva Publishing. Plus, we also get annoyed at critics who claim that there is something cheap about [...]
Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in publishing. Little wonder so many lesbian authors and publishers are jumping into the audio game. Ylva’s no exception, and right now we already offer lesbian audiobooks, including feelgood dating romance Popcorn Love, [...]
The hard part of selling any book in today’s lesbian fiction market is to make potential readers aware that it exists. It’s a struggle to get your voice heard among the huge number of lesbian books published daily. Ylva [...]
What’s a day like for a lesbian fiction publisher? Headache-shaped! And also rewarding. Ylva’s CEO, Astrid Ohletz, reveals what she’s learned since she got into publishing. Tell us five important, funny, or unusual things about yourself. When I [...]
When Linda Riley, publisher of iconic lesbian magazine DIVA, decides to put on a new British literary festival, there’s little doubt she can pull it off. Not just pull it off, but lure in the likes of queer actress [...]
There are more and more books being published in lesbian fiction. So, here at Ylva, we thought it was time to take a closer look at what’s hot and selling at the moment. It will come as no surprise [...]
For us at Ylva HQ, 2016 was a hoot. We published over fifty English novels, novellas, anthologies, and short stories. Some of them were shortlisted for awards, some of them even won awards, a lot sold in the thousands [...]
How cruel is it to ask me to hand in a top-five of books? Hello? At best I could come up with a list of top fifty. But, since this isn’t allowed, I decided to make a list of [...]