Mike Fleming

Fifty Shades Of Grey has made it open season for online erotic fan fiction. After Tara Sue Me (with a name like that, you’ve got to be a feisty writer) began posting what she calls The Submissive Trilogy and got more than 8.5 million views, New American Library closed a fat three-book deal before you could say “Bring out the gimp.” Now we’ll have to see if those studios that missed out on Fifty Shades Of Grey jump on this one. Here’s the news:

New York, NY, February 14, 2013—New American Library (NAL), an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), will publish Tara Sue Me’s fan fiction sensation, the Submissive Trilogy, it was announced today by NAL Publisher Kara Welsh. Claire Zion, Vice President and Editorial Director of NAL, acquired World print and e-book rights to the trilogy in a deal with Red Publishing (Australia). NAL will make the entire series available in the U.S. for the first time. READ MORE »