Fifty Shades of Grey, according to The Guardian's Paris correspondant Kim Willsher, is not enamoring the French un iota of its alleged sexiness.
Just when we thought the Fifty Shades franchise had reached as far and wide as it possibly could, the news arrives that we were wrong. There will be sweet, sweet music, too.
One of the many things that people purport to have learned from Fifty Shades of Grey is that women want to read sexy things.
Whose voice should narrate a ridiculously successful erotic novel, and whose voice would creep us out?
This time the Fifty Shades trend story skews a bit younger: Teenagers are reading the book, too!
Generally we have to wait until the movie to complain about how a book character has been envisioned as nothing like what we imagined. Fifty Shades fans, your time is now.
Today in books and publishing: Adorable, tiny libraries spread across America; E.L. James' gold mine; Nora Ephron, angry essayist; Fitzgerald breeds Gatsbabies; Jonathan Franzen on social media.
With a review from the one and only Mitch Albom, it appears we've reached a new shade of Fifty Shades of Grey: Complete and total saturation.
There's another notch in the Fifty Shades of Grey power belt: Niall Leonard, husband of the bestselling trilogy's author E.L. James (real name: Erika Leonard), has his own book deal.
Today in books and publishing: Fifty Shades of Grey is the fastest-selling paperback ever; Elie Wiesel returns an award to Hungary in protest; remembering the good old book days; what would your favorite author drunk-text?
This week it was announced that Caroline Mickler Limited had been appointed the "master licensing agent" for the Fifty Shades trilogy. Leaving aside questions of taste, let's talk about this as business.
Today in books and publishing: Fifty Shades merchandise is on its way and you can't stop it; Thomas Pynchon e-books are available as of today; a hotel themed for books in Paris.
Today in books and publishing: There may be a second Fifty Shades trilogy; a memorial for Maurice Sendak in New York Tuesday; the best of the indies and the self-published bunch; NYPL drama continues.
We're starting to wonder...what Fifty Shades of Grey-related story—trend piece, reported article, interview, spin-off book—has yet to be written?
Today in books and publishing: Target is kicking Amazon out of their stores, the Fifty Shades of Grey parody book boomlet is here, and Steve Coll also has a big, important piece of non-fiction out this week that isn't about Lyndon Johnson
Today in books: There are more than fifty shades of grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey headlines; we're still awaiting the news of the inevitable Fox Mole book deal; and the most awful short sentence is not that terrible. Really.
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