The Amorist is an English-language erotic magazine launched in 2017 in the United Kingdom.
| Editor-in-chief | Rowan Pelling |
|---|---|
| Categories | Erotic magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | James Pembroke Publishing |
| First issue | April 2017 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London, U.K. |
| Language | English |
| Website | The Amorist |
History
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Rowan Pelling, after working as a columnist at the Daily Telegraph, a journalist at Private Eye, and an editor of the Erotic Review, started The Amorist in April 2017 with a "small staff" of an editorial team of four (herself, a deputy editor, a designer, and a features editor)[1] and a "tight budget."[2] The first issue had seven pages of advertising, including ads for an "upmarket" sex toy company and a matchmaking service, [2] with an initial print-run of 12,000 and a cover price of £4.95.[3]
Content
editThe magazine's founder and chief editor had stated she aimed for "a monthly anthology of erotica, news, reviews and fiction, a blend of love, romance and sex."[4] Pelling's stated challenge is "to get it on the general interest shelf next to National Geographic."[4]
Online
editAfter about seven months of publication, the magazine switched to an online-only format.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sex makes a return to print as Oldie publisher launches monthly mag The Amorist" by Dominic Ponsford, Press Gazette, 26 April 2017
- ^ a b "An erotic Woman's Hour: The Amorist follows boom in indie magazines" by Emma Featherstone, The Guardian, 26 April 2017
- ^ a b "Erotic magazine The Amorist moves online - only after seven issues in print" by Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, 11 December 2017
- ^ a b "Erotic Review has love rival with ex-editor Rowan Pelling's new magazine The Amorist" by The Londoner, Evening Standard, 23 January 2017