{"id":200,"date":"2012-05-25T09:49:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T13:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=200"},"modified":"2012-05-25T09:49:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T13:49:47","slug":"is-this-the-next-50-shades-of-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/05\/25\/is-this-the-next-50-shades-of-grey\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the next \u00e2\u20ac\u015350 Shades of Grey\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekly feature tells the backstory of how one e-book became a bestseller, and highlights bestselling titles that are selling more copies in digital than in print.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s featured title:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u009dBared to You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Sylvia Day<\/a>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s #20 on the New York Times e-book bestsellers list this week and<\/p>\n

What it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about:<\/strong> The first in a trilogy, this erotic novel tells the story of a recent college grad, Eva, who meets billionaire businessman Gideon.<\/p>\n

How it became a bestseller:<\/strong> Day self-published \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bared to You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on April 3, 2012. The book immediately invited comparisons to \u00e2\u20ac\u015350 Shades of Grey,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the mega-bestselling, originally self-published erotic trilogy that Random House\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Vintage acquired<\/a> for seven figures in March. Jane Litte, who runs the romance blog \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dear Author,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d writes<\/a> that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if I were to recommend any book today to readers who enjoyed\u00c2\u00a050 Shades<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0and was looking for another book like it, this would be the first one I would offer. However,\u00c2\u00a0Bared to You<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0is far better written with much hotter sex scenes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fifty Shades of Grey,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bared to You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has now found a traditional publisher: Penguin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Berkley imprint snapped it up this month and has already released the e-book with a new, \u00e2\u20ac\u015350 Shades of Grey\u00e2\u20ac\u009d-esque cover. (That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original cover on the left and Penguin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cover on the right.) Penguin will release a paperback edition on June 7. (Day writes a bit more about the Penguin acquisition here<\/a>, and notes that Penguin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ability to get the paperback into bricks-and-mortar bookstores was one of the main reasons she signed up with them.)<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bared to You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is $5.99 on \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 |\u00c2\u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 |\u00c2\u00a0Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times bestseller list, week of 6\/3\/12<\/strong><\/h4>\n

<\/strong>Here<\/a> are the titles in the top-35 that appear on the e-book bestseller list, but not on the print bestseller list (click the link to expand the chart).<\/p>\n