Question: What is the difference between erotic romance and erotica? Some online bookstores only have a section titled erotica and I will find authors that say they write erotic romance placed in this category.
Answer: From my understanding, erotic romance and erotica can have the same level of sexual content, but erotic romance focuses on the love story and erotica focuses on the sexual fantasy.
It can be difficult to find erotic romance because some bookstores—and some publishers!—group erotic romance in the erotica category. Some booksellers will automatically put a book in the erotica section if the term ‘erotic’ is on the cover of the book. Because of this, a few publishers have stopped using the word ‘erotic romance’ on the spine of their books so booksellers will shelve it in the romance section.
One day I hope readers can find erotic romance without having to check both sections!
