Fifty Shades ‘cut and paste’ smashes sales records
When Anastasia Steele, a literature student, goes to interview the wealthy Christian Grey as a favor to her room-mate Kate Kavanagh, she encounters an attractive, brilliant and intimidating man. The innocent and naive Ana starts to realize she wants him.
British author James said her fans had “asked … and asked … and asked … and asked” for the alternative version.
Following the impressive sales of its predecessors, which had 125 million copies in print and were translated in over 50 languages, “Grey” is anticipated to follow suit. Grey sold 647,401 copies in physical and e-book combined in its opening three days of sale in the United Kingdom.
The new Fifty Shades of Grey book has broken the United Kingdom record for first week adult book sales.
“This is an astonishing number of books to sell over a weekend and speaks to the engagement and passion readers have for the Fifty Shades books”, Anne Messitte, Vintage’s publisher, said in a statement.
If the book continues to sell well, E.L. James could very well decide to publish spinoffs of Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.
The publisher and the solicitors, according to the report from BBC news, wouldn’t provide any other details about the lost book. It has already made more than $166 million since it was released.
The Book warehouse’s Lea Wilson said EL James’ steamy best seller, which explores sadomasochistic sexuality, has attracted the most unlikely readers back to reading.
Film adaptations of the second and third books are planned. Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper said that the author produced all the mind-numbingly same encounters from the first book while the Washington Post newspaper said that “dark and unrelenting and far too serious, like Mr. Grey”. If you want to explore the products on offer then head over to the Tempt Me Tease Me online sex store where you can find the full range of Fifty Shades of Grey sex toys and bondage accessories.