Last week, little-known erotica author Lacey Noonan set the football world aflame with the publication of her scintillating ebook A Gronking to Remember: Book One in the Rob Gronkowski Erotica Series. On Thursday, Amazon extinguished the fire when it removed the book from its online store; the Boston Globe’s Mark Shanahan theorized that the prominent placement of the Patriots uniform (and a patch commemorating Myra Kraft, the deceased wife of Patriots owner Robert Kraft) on the book’s cover may have sparked a trademark complaint. “Total bummer,” Noonan told Slate. “But I’m working with the lawyers to square it away. I dare say nothing further to stir up controversy.” In the meantime, here are six more inappropriately sexual NFL fan fiction titles due out as part of the “Gridiron Boudoir” series. The Gist’s Mike Pesca described a few of the sensual new novels Thursday in trailers on his show, which you can listen to below. Continue reading at 'Slate'
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Is it not enough to make a killing selling $5 bottles of Dasani and two-pill packs of Tylenol? Hudson Booksellers, from the folks behind those fine Hudson News airport establishments, has begun peddling ebooks and book books online. The site, which appears to be (at least partially) powered by... Continue reading at Engadget
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When the New York Times Co. bought the Boston Globe for $1.1 billion in 1993, many of the nation’s newspaper publishing companies happily would have paid the same price for the same opportunity. With the Globe now on track to be sold for ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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We'd say it's about time. Although it's almost two years late to the party, Barnes & Noble is responding to Amazon's Kindle for the Web with Nook for Web. Much like its counterpart across the virtual aisle, the Nook web edition lets readers browse free samples and whole books entirely from a... Continue reading at Engadget
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After years of refusing to release her boy-wizard books in electronic format, Harry Potter mastermind J.K. Rowling is finally taking the digital plunge, launching an online store that will sell Harry Potter ebooks directly to consumers and a social-networking site designed to keep the Potter... Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 03/05/2011 - 08:30 High street retailer Argos intends to increase its online book range from 500 to 5,000 titles over the next month. The chain store, known for stocking a large range of non-food products, launched its books category on its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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