publishing strategy
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AI in the Adult Author's Workflow: What Actually Works in 2026
What AI tools actually work for adult fiction writers in 2026, what the platform rules require, where detection catches things, and what the disclosure norms have settled into.
Audiobooks Are the Last Untapped Adult Market
Audio is a $20B industry growing 15-20% a year, almost none of it reaching adult authors. The gap between ACX, the NSFW audio apps, and AI voice tools that's quietly building a parallel infrastructure.
How Taboo Authors Actually Get Readers Without Amazon's Algorithm
Where adult fiction readers actually come from in 2026 — AO3, Reddit, Literotica, Substack, Bluesky, and the one owned channel that survives every platform purge.
The Pen Name Playbook for Adult Authors
Why an experienced taboo author in 2026 runs 3-6 pen names with separate payment routing and deliberate firewalls between identities — and what a suspension actually takes.
Stealth Publishing: Cover, Blurb, and Metadata for Taboo Fiction
The craft of cover design, blurb language, keywords, and category placement that lets taboo books survive the algorithmic filtering layer on KDP, Smashwords, and D2D.