On Tuesday, "Fifty Shades of Grey," the pornographic page turner that has taken the e-reading world by storm, appeared in U.S. bookstores in paperback.
Though the title has been available as a digital download and, since 2011, in small batches like fine bourbon from a little Australian publishing house, this week's Vintage Books release flooded the market with copies of the dirty yarn, delighting the Diva, who still cleaves to outdated, type-on-paper technology.
Already a No. 1 New York Times best seller thanks to all those Kindles and Nooks stuffed into the bags of the thoroughly modern female, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is the first book in a trilogy from 40-something British author E L James. (In the grand tradition of erotic fiction, she is using a nom de plume, though given the onslaught of press inquires, she recently divulged that her first name is Erika).
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