The Amorist
 Cover of July 2017 issue | |
| 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 |
The Amorist is an English-language erotic magazine launched in 2017 in the United Kingdom.
History
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) and a "tight budget." The first issue had seven pages of advertising, including ads for an "upmarket" sex toy company and a matchmaking service, with an initial print-run of 12,000 and a cover price of £4.95.
Content
The 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." Pelling's stated challenge is "to get it on the general interest shelf next to National Geographic."
Online
After about seven months of publication, the magazine switched to an online-only format.
See also
References
- ↑ "Sex makes a return to print as Oldie publisher launches monthly mag The Amorist" by Dominic Ponsford, Press Gazette, 26 April 2017
- 1 2 "An erotic Woman's Hour: The Amorist follows boom in indie magazines" by Emma Featherstone, The Guardian, 26 April 2017
- 1 2 "Erotic magazine The Amorist moves online - only after seven issues in print" by Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, 11 December 2017
- 1 2 "Erotic Review has love rival with ex-editor Rowan Pelling's new magazine The Amorist" by The Londoner, Evening Standard, 23 January 2017