NPR Publishing has a new unlikely heroine: an unknown author named E L James who recently scored a seven-figure book deal with Vintage Books to publish her erotica trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey. Brimming with purple prose and racy imagery, the series had already sold more than 250,000 eBook and …
50 Shades of Grey may not revolutionize porn, romance, chick-lit, or literature. But this one-click wonder is the future of how we’ll read. The Daily Beast Just days ago, an agent, editor, book critic, and literary blogger sat around a table at a private downtown club, discussing the book no …
Sexy bondage novel Philly.com As far as anybody can tell, the women of Long Island found it first, around Thanksgiving. During their Christmas vacations, they carried it by Kindle to Boca and possibly Aruba, and from there, it ripped its way through Jersey and then the nation’s e-readers before landing …
International Business Times E.L. James‘ romantic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” — the first book in a trilogy that includes “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed” — has become a publishing sensation, but is the story really breaking new ground? The story is about a virgin college student, Anastasia …
CNN I have read “The Book.” Ok, I didn’t read the entire book, but I did do a hopscotch through the sex scenes and, on the basis of the naughty parts alone, I can understand why folks are getting hot and bothered. The book I’m referring to, of course, is …
USA Today Hey, have you heard about that book Fifty Shades of Grey? I’m kidding … of course you’ve heard of it. And, boy, is it causing some discussion. I’m sure most everyone reading this knows the history of Fifty Shades of Grey. Started out as Twilight fan fiction, struck …
FoxNews.com The hugely popular erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey” is quickly becoming universal water cooler conversation for women from all walks of life. Everyone from so-called “mommy bloggers” to hardcore feminists is hailing the tome as a triumph for women, in spite of the book’s strong themes of female …
CBS Women across the country are quietly turning the independently-published, novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” into the next publishing sensation – with a little help from social media. The novel by E.L. James is the first installment of an erotic trilogy about a woman named Anastasia Steele and her exploration …
Chicago Sun-Times D o you have a dog-eared copy of Fifty Shades of Grey by your bedside? If you are like thousands of other American women, you do. Fifty Shades of Grey is the first installment of a romantic trilogy penned by British author E.L. James. However, the book probably …
Techcrunch A development in the ongoing story about PayPal and requirements it made on e-book distributors to remove certain kinds of erotica from their catalogs: there are signs the eBay-owned company could be preparing to reverse its position as early as this week, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The …