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."

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Dear Moderators

[Anonymous Coward]

Please moderators, don't be so trigger-happy. When I wrote that post, it was about as inoffensive and non-inflammatory as I knew how to write it. It's what I believe and I know that a lot of people won't like it, so I tried hard to take a neutral tone and I tried to make it as non-Flamebait as I could. If I wanted to piss people off or offend them, I could have done that significantly more than I did. Modding that down because you don't like what I say is akin to censorship and it's not useful to anyone. If you want to do something useful and constructive, then tell me why you think I have that wrong. Do it openly for everyone to see. That way, if you are right and I am wrong, everyone will see it and anyone who feels inclined to think of the situation the way I do will have a new point of view to consider.

I hope I've explained why just getting mad and modding it down is probably the worst action you could take. That makes sense for a GNAA troll or something like that but not for what I said. If you really think I am being unreasonable, showing me that you can also be unreasonable is not going to help. I can be reasoned with and I want to hear how you feel.

Re:Dear Moderators

[Zerth]

As a counterpoint, women buy more cars than men, in the US midwest at least, and dealership mailings aimed at women have a higher response rate than those aimed at men.

The guys read the info, say "neat", then trash the mailing. The women look at the pictures, say "pretty", then purchase.

Re:Dear Moderators

[geekoid]

"No one thinks women should be discriminated against but I do think that as a group that working women take more hours off than working men. Period."

well, at least your open minded to that facts. Period~

Strawman argument, return to GO. Do not collect 200 dollars.