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Dr. Rubel's Expanded Biography
Recipient of the 2008 Pantheon of Leather’s Community Choice Award, Robert (Bob) Rubel has been involved in the BDSM scene for a number of years, throwing himself into the literature of the field as though it were an academic study. He frequently attends BDSM weekend conferences. Within his local community, Robert (who is also known as "Corwin" the erotic and fetish photographer www.photosbycorwin.com) has served the BDSM community in the following ways: Board Member of NLA-Austin, Council Member of SAADE (School for Advanced American Dominant Education) and Director of SAADE’s Special Interest Group for Master/slave relations.

Dr. Bob, an educational sociologist and researcher by training, has nine books currently in print (four on Master/slave topics, fire play, advanced sex techniques, and three erotic art books).

Robert's books include:
  * Master/slave Relations: Handbook of Theory and Practice.
  Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2006.
* Protocols; Handbook for the female slave, second edition.
  Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2007.
* Protocol Handbook for the Leather Slave: Theory and Practice
  . Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2006.
  (The gender-neutral version of the prior book — same content.)
* Squirms, Screams, and Squirts: Handbook for going from great sex
  to extraordinary sex.
  Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2007.
* Master/slave Relations: Communications 401 — The Advanced Course.
  Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2007.
* Master/slave Relations: Solutions 402 — Living in Harmony
  Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2007.
* Three books on erotic and fetish photography titled
  (with an eye towards perverse humor):
     * Parts: The Erotic Photographic Art of Robert J. Rubel, PhD.
        Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2006.
     * Wholes: The Erotic Photographic Art of Robert J. Rubel, PhD.
        Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2006.
     * Holes: The Erotic Photographic Art of Robert J. Rubel, PhD.
          Las Vegas: Nazca Plains, 2006.

Bob is also the editor of Power Exchange Books' Resource Series the successor of Power Exchange Magazine. These are 100-page books on focused topics of interest to BDSM or Leather folk. The series is about the "why" of what we do, not the "how." The first nine topics appeared in magazine format, the final two in book format.

      * Master/slave Relations (male Master)
* Master/slave Relations (female Master)
* Bootblacking.
* FemDomme.
* Pony Play.
* Polyamory.
* Daddy/boy.
* Leather Spirituality
* Pup/Trainer.
* Playing with Disabilities
* The Art of Slavery

All books are available on this site.