But it still tends to put a furrow in the brow and streak the hair fifty shades of gray.
That's exactly what James did with "Fifty Shades, " which drew inspiration from the insanely popular series by Stephenie Meyer.
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So where's the line when you're parodying a bondage parody of "Twilight" vampire love, as James did with "Fifty Shades"?
Last August, libraries in Surrey accounted for 20% of all UK loans of the Fifty Shades series, Surrey County Council said.
In the original version of "Fifty Shades, " titled "Master of the Universe" and published online, the lovers' names were Edward and Bella.
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"It sends a visible signal that if you liked 'Fifty Shades, ' there are other titles you'll like, " said Monique Patterson, executive editor with St.
And how many people get them out of interest, to be a part of a crazy fad, like Fifty Shades of Grey, for instance.
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The rate of decline slowed slightly, principally because of EL James' Fifty Shades trilogy, which accounted for one in every 20 books bought last year.
L. James wrote the precursor to Fifty Shades of Grey online as fan fiction and self-published it on her own website before Vintage acquired it.
Weir said that since a lot of young adult novels have such broad fan bases now, the success of "Fifty Shades" will probably be replicated more and more.
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Facebook pages have sprung up in its name and fans are invited to join the "Fifty Shades Support Group" on Good Reads, a book recommendation and review sharing site.
"By way of comparison, the latest phenomenon in the book trade, Fifty Shades of Grey, sold 664, 000 in its highest week of sales so far, " said David Walter from Nielsen BookScan, which has been monitoring book sales in the UK since 1998.
The result is far higher than anyone in the industry would have predicted a month ago, but "Mike quickly snowballed into a "Sex and the City"-type release and became a must-see "event" for groups of women in the mood for something other than "Fifty Shades of Grey.
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