Yaoi Press is an independent yaoi

Yaoi

In careful Japanese enunciation, all three vowels are pronounced separately, for a three-mora word, . The English equivalent is . also known as Boys' Love, is a Japanese popular term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by...

 comic publisher based in Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

. Founded in 2004 by publisher Yamila Abraham

Yamila Abraham

Yamila Abraham is the founder and publisher of Yaoi Press, a publishing company based in Paradise, Nevada that focuses on Original English-language manga concerned with stories of boy/boy relationships , marketed towards a female audience...

, the company specializes in Global BL, or yaoi comics originally published outside of Asia. Yaoi Press publishes original OEL manga as well as European yaoi in translation, and features both single volume comics and comic series. As of 2007, Yaoi Press had twenty titles on the market. One of Yaoi Press's early publishing strategies in order to improve the reputation of OEL manga among yaoi fans was to headhunt famous artists of Global BL. In October 2007, Yaoi Press launched a comic book line in order to provide a less expensive option for customers.

Graphic Novels

• Kingdom of Selfish Love
• Winter Demon
• Surge
• PINNED!
• Exorcisms and Pogo Sticks
• Yaoi Hentai
  Yaoi Hentai
  Yaoi Hentai is a yaoi original English-language manga anthology series by various creators. This manga is considered extreme for yaoi and is reserved for mature and explicit content....
  
  
• The Aluria Chronicles
  The Aluria Chronicles
  The Aluria Chronicles a stand-alone western yaoi Original English-language manga with story by Calissa Leigh and art by Yishan Li, published by Yaoi Press in 2006....
  
  
• Saihôshi the Guardian
• Desire of the Gods
• Spirit Marked
• Enslaved by the Dragon
• Prisoner of the Immortal
• Zesty!
• IDOL
• Wishing for the Moon
• Yaoi: An Anthology of Boys Love
• Stallion
• Treasure
• Dark Prince
• Cain
• The Lily and the Rose
• ANIMA
• Happy Yaoi Yum Yum

Art Books

• Reflections: The Artwork of KOSEN
• Dark Dreams: A Dany&Dany Yaoi Art Book
• Yaoi Gothic: An Explicit Sketchbook

Artists

• Kosen
• Studio Kosaru
• Dany&Dany
• Yamila Abraham
• Aiko
• Yishan Li
  Yishan Li
  Yishan Li is a professional comic creator currently living in Edinburgh, UK.Her first published manga story was in Beijing Comics, 1999. Her first full-length English manga "Spirit Marked" was published by Yaoi Press in October, 2005. She then published another book called "Aluria Chronicles" ...
  
  
• Laura Carboni

External links

• Yaoi Press' Official Website
• Yaoi Press' Online Store
• Yaoi Press' Anime Convention
• Arrant, Chris (6 June 2006) Home-Grown Boys' Love from Yaoi Press Publishers Weekly
  Publishers Weekly
  Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
  
  
• Lees, Sharon. "Yaoi Press: Yaoi Publishers Interviews Part 1". Akiba Angels. July 2006.
• Avila, K. "Yaoi Press: Publisher of Original English-language Yaoi". Jade Magazine. September 2005.
• Beautiful Androgyny "Interview - Yamila Abraham". July, 2009.