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Is Salacious Content Driving E-Book Sales?
narramissic writes "Having already abandoned ebooks once, Barnes & Noble is jumping back into ebooks with the purchase this week of ebook seller Fictionwise. Why is the format suddenly hot? Look no further than the top 10 Fictionwise bestsellers, says blogger Peter Smith. Once again it seems like 'porn is blazing a path to a new media format. Of the top 10 bestsellers under the 'Multiformat' category, nine are tagged 'erotica' and the last is 'dark fantasy.' Need more proof that folks (let's take a leap and call them women) who read 'bodice rippers' like the privacy of ebooks? Author Samantha Lucas (who writes for publishers like Cobblestone Press and Siren Publishing) tells Smith that she sells almost all of her novels in ebook format."
The e-book is for porn!
Friends help you move...
REAL Friends help you move dead bodies... ^_^
The ability to turn pages one-handed is touted as one of the big improvements of the Kindle 2.
Draw your own conclusions.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. - Mark Twain
Men read erotica, too! Of course, it's Ghost in the Shell meets X-Files fanfic, but still, erotic.
"Legolas & Elrond Soil the Shire" doesn't count!
And that it's much easier to wipe off a kindle. Ever cleaned a keyboard?
Why are you aware your daughter reads male on male porn? Like, why are you not totally rejecting this and not talking to her about her porn habits? This seems to be the sane way to handle things.
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It was a blustery fall afternoon at Hogwarts and Hermione Granger sat in the Gryffindor common with only a crackling fire to keep her company. Upon hearing footsteps coming from the boys' tower she quickly glanced up from her copy of Zublin's Advanced Potions, hoping to find Harry or Ron.
"â(TM)Afternoon Hermione!" Neville Longbottom said, nearly tripping on the last few steps of the spiral staircase.
"Oh, hello Neville" Hermione snapped. "You haven't seen Harry or Ron up there have you? I've been looking for them all day!"
"Yeah, they've been huddled up in Ron's bed with the curtains drawn for hours!" Neville said, dumbfounded "I tried to peak in once to see what they were doing, but they shouted something about not wrecking their secret light sensitive spells. I didn't want to be a bother, so I came back down here."
"Light sensitive spells?" Hermione said to herself, "Those boys could never master such advanced magic. Something fishy is going on here!"
She quickly pulled out her charms textbook and began to rapidly search the index. The combination of heat from the fireplace and intensity of study soon created a seductive glow around Hermione's young face. Soon, the perspiration spread through her underarms, neck and chest, highlighting key areas of her uniform.
"You're looking... hot" Neville murmured from the oversized armchair next to Hermione.
"Yeah, I probably shouldn't be sitting so close to this fire" She said.
Hermione stuffed her papers into her bag and walked over to the couch across from Neville.
"Oh no" He replied, moving to the empty seat next to Hermione. "I didn't mean temperature"
"Um, thanks" She gushed, "I've been using a new lotion. I think it really brings out the summers mist in my skin, don't you?"
"I don't know," He said, looking into her eyes "I've never tasted a summers mist before"
Neville quickly leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Hermione did not protest, and had soon undone the top three buttons of her blouse.
Neville slowly pulled out his wand and said âoeDisplayus mammarium!"
The remainder of Hermione's shirt suddenly split open, exposing her young chest to the fall air. Neville smiled with delight and quickly pressed his face against her bare skin. Hermione felt waves of ecstasy as Neville slowly and carefully licked both of her protruding nipples.
âoeI feel like a Hungarian Horntailâ Neville whispered into Hermioneâ(TM)s ear âoeAnd I need to find a cave to...â
âoeHermione! Neville!â Ron interrupted from the top of the stairs. âoeWhat are you two doing? Oh bugger, weâ(TM)ll have to get new furniture!â
âoeYou would say that, you old faggot!â Hermione laughed.
She writhed with pleasure on an old persian rug while Neville carefully pulled down her white cotton panties. Ron stared, open mouthed.
âoeI⦠but⦠how did you know?â Ron sputtered
âoeLetâ(TM)s just say itâ(TM)s clear to all of us that you two are doing more than talking during those 45 minute âbathroom breaksâ(TM) at lunchâ Neville said, wiping Hermioneâ(TM)s residue from the side of his mouth.
âoeBloody hell, does this mean Harry and I are a couple?â Ron said, slinking into an empty chair near the fire.
âoeOne thingâ(TM)s for sureâ Hermione replied, âoeYouâ(TM)re a couple of huffle puffs!â
Very true. ASCII art is good enough for me.
Pornography has always been at the forefront of technology. VHS, DVD, they were the first to really start using DRM on video content, too. A quick search on Google for 'porn technology' will give you lots of articles on the subject.
Shoot, go back to the dawn of the printing press, sculpture, painting etc. All modern times has done is change the delivery format.
I'd bet that Ogg and Thagg, after drawing the latest hunt on the cave walls then did a little drawing about Oggette and her friends. And then started the flame war over obsidian vs flint for spear points.
Some things never change...
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
Does this mean that porn will eventually adapt to open source as innovation? That's open source I can't wait to contribute to!
I used to read alt.stories.erotica way back in the 9600 baud days. The only thing new here is that people are paying for it.
I read erotic stories augmented with 16-color ANSI art from a BBS over a 2400 baud modem. /waits for someone to come in and talk about how they used to write their mainframe code so that it made dirty pictures on the punch cards, or how if they squinted their eyes at ENIAC the vacuum tubes looked kinda like boobs.
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Obsidian is better. Anyone using flint is an idiot.
Back in my day, we had to IMAGINE our porn.
And we liked it.
Dang kids with your fancy electricity and your indoor plumbing.
Sent from your iPad.
And then started the flame war over obsidian vs flint for spear points.
Some things never change...
Well, except that modern flame wars don't often end with one side stabbing the other in order to prove their point.
The enemies of Democracy are
You mean these little arrows keys don't..... aw shucks :(
At high school on an Apple II I once wrote a mathematical expression which looked a bit like boobs.
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Listen you stupid jackass, Obsidian is the latest flash-in-the-pan buzzword-heavy gimmick that lets newbies chip one edge and pretend they know what they're doing, which is fine if you live right next to a FREAKIN' VOLCANO.
For those of us who prefer not to tempt the wrath of the LavaGod, and oh yeah -- maybe make FIRE, HAVE YA HEARD OF THAT YET, YOU WHEEL-LESS SLED-DRAGGING DORK -- we'll remain with a proven technology with Spark(TM)!