I
was very amused by this item on the BBC website recently:
The borrowing of erotic fiction from UK public libraries has leapt by
500% over the past 12 months, in what is being called the "Fifty
Shades" effect.
Last year's most popular erotic fiction title, Indigo Bloom's Destined
to Feel, was borrowed almost 11,700 times. The surge is attributed to EL James'
bestselling novel, which took third place in the most borrowed titles list. Yet
none of the trilogy appears in the erotic fiction top 10 because the EL James
books are classified as romance.
One suggestion for the increase is that automated library checkouts
might be helping borrowers avoid any embarrassment when taking such books out.
Another is that the popular success of authors such as EL James has
boosted the appeal of this type of fiction, meaning there is more of the genre
and it has found a more mainstream readership.
To
read the full article here is the link:
So
– my plan is to check if my books are there and if not to request them!!
Jen
Indigo Bloom's Destined to Feel book must be really good. I'm not sure how they classify some books, but that may be the reason readership increased.
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