As I mentioned in the other thread in this subject
here, the publisher behind this enterprise is Total-e-Bound and they've been publishing erotic romance titles since 2007 (I believe). Erotic romance was around, and profitable for many digital first publishers and authors, long before
50 Shades was even a concept in the author's mind. E.L. James certainly didn't invent the genre.
As for eroticized versions of the classics - Adams Media did it first with
Wuthering Heights in late 2010 and
Pride and Prejudice in January 2012.
Not everything is a riff on
50 Shades. What has changed since that book came out, however, is the media attention now paid to all things related to erotic fiction for women. Adams Media didn't get this type of attention for their eroticized versions of literary classics when they did it first. I will say, though, that as a soon-to-be-published author with Total-e-Bound (with an original work, not a reworking of a classic) I think all this publicity can only be a good thing.
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Originally Posted by RainingLemur
I wonder if they'll do up the titles to be like some of the *ahem* "adult video" titles.
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No, they won't. It's my understanding that the books will contain the original literary text and keep its title, but contain supplementary material.