Washington:
(ANI) An erotic novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has become such a success that
gray ties, an article of clothing that plays a prominent role in the book, have
become a hot item in New York, it has been revealed.
The
novel, which recently reached the top of the fiction charts, is the first of a
trilogy by British author E.L. James, published by a small independent
Australian press in May 2011.
The
print version has been hard to come by in bookstores, so many have been forced
to read the e-book edition.
“Hundreds
of women write to me every day asking where they can buy grey ties,” ABC News
quoted Lyss Stern of Divamoms.com, who recommended the novel before it became
popular as saying.
“The
books are really making people want to have sex again. They’re a Band-Aid for
marriages that maybe weren’t falling apart, but were getting stale,” Stern
said.
Margot
Sage-El, the owner of Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, N.J., called the
trilogy a “phenomena.”
“It’s
coming in and out of here so quickly that none of us have read it,” Sage-El
said.
“When
I got here this morning, men were lined up outside the door, saying their wives
sent them to pick up the book. When there were two books left, an 86-year-old
man waddled in, asked for the book and said, ‘My wife sent me in, she thought
it would be good for her book group,’” Sage-El said.
‘Fifty
Shades of Grey’ is about shy college student Anastasia Steele, who interviews
the successful and attractive entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus
magazine. The two begin a passionate affair that forms the basis for a tale the
author’s website claims “will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you
forever.”
James’
website offers a soundtrack for each book that includes everything from opera
to Frank Sinatra to Britney Spears. Why each book has a soundtrack is left for
the reader to wonder.
According
to The New York Times, readers aren’t the only ones who have been trying to
snap up this book. American publishers battled over the rights to re-release
the trilogy, with Vintage Books winning the fight with a seven-figure offer.
Vintage
Books will release e-book editions of the trilogy on Monday. The publisher
plans to print 750,000 redesigned paperback copies in early April.
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