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50 Shades of Gray
nudone:
Ah, right, Sorry, Paul. I should have known to not jump in there.
"Mummy Porn" sounds right.
The only interesting thing I've seen about it is that without the eBook readers we probably would never have heard of it.
KynloStephen66515:
Ah, right, Sorry, Paul. I should have known to not jump in there.
"Mummy Porn" sounds right.
The only interesting thing I've seen about it is that without the eBook readers we probably would never have heard of it.
-nudone (July 14, 2012, 08:19 AM)
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My mrs read them in normal, good old fashioned, book format ^_^
KynloStephen66515:
Nudone (Offtopic)Turns out you live like 1 hour from me lol
nudone:
Turns out you live like 1 hour from me lol
-Stephen66515 (July 14, 2012, 08:30 AM)
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Guess that means we'll have to have a UK DC get together one day. :D
Paul Keith:
That in itself is an achievement though considering most have not heard of any erotica. It certainly has invigorated some of the talks about erotica's place in mainstream news.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/books/32663084_1_el-james-grey-trilogy-indian-market
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/50-shades-of-grey-breaks-new-ground-in-successful-digital-parodies/
Also:
As 30-year-old fan Jennifer Norling of San Francisco put it: "There's humor, there's love, it's intense. It's pretty much everything a woman would want in her love life."
But, please, don't call it "mommy porn."
Though James said she doesn't want to be "a social commentator," she isn't a big fan of the term some journalists and pundits have used to describe her books' erotic content and female fan base.
"I think it is disparaging. It's actually quite misogynistic," she said. "Women like sex. If it's done well, it's really quite good fun."
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48177363/ns/today-books/
Oh and it's twofold so neither is wrong. The first was the e-book phenomenon but....
much of the success of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy may simply reside in its packaging. After acquiring English rights in March, Vintage Books released digital editions of all three books, followed by print versions in April featuring relatively tame covers compared with bodice-rippers of yore. Where one might expect two milky bodies intertwined, the covers of books one and two feature a gray silk tie and a bedazzled face mask.
“We felt that discreet, tasteful covers certainly would being in new readers who may not have bought the books with more explicit covers,” Vintage Books spokesman Russell Perreault said.
The formula seems to have paid off, and since then, the romance industry has been keen to reap the benefits of judging a book by its cover. Not long after the series took off, Harlequin and other publishers began reissuing old titles with toned-down covers.
“What may have tipped the scale for the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy in particular are the nondescript covers. For whatever reason, the classic ‘clinch’ covers on a lot of romance novels tend to carry a stigma of being ‘old-fashioned,’ so the covers on ‘Fifty Shades’ may have made the books more approachable for a larger range or readers,” RT Book Reviews Editor Audrey Goodson said.
“Certainly, there are some who might prefer to read romance on the privacy of an e-reader, but what’s really refreshing for me to see is the large number of women reading ‘Fifty Shades’ on the subway and at the coffee shop. It simply proves that while covers may play some role in readers’ preferences, it’s what’s between the covers that really counts.”
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http://wtvr.com/2012/07/13/50-shades-of-grey-whats-fueling-its-runaway-success/
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