Kobo Pulls Self Published Books, 50 Shades Needs a New Lead Actor, And More In Book News This Week

Kobo pulls self-published books after abuse row

E-book seller Kobo has suspended the sale of all self-published books on its UK website following the discovery of abuse-themed titles.
Kobo said it would undertake a "thorough review" into its processes to make sure unsuitable titles did not make their way on to the Kobo platform, and subsequently the WH Smith website.
Last week it emerged that Amazon, WH Smith, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers were selling pornographic e-books featuring incest, rape and bestiality on their sites.
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Charlie Hunnam 'got cold feet' over Fifty Shades of Grey

Hunnam announced at the weekend that he was quitting the much-hyped adaptation of EL James ' bestselling erotic novel. Several other US industry sites, including Deadline and Variety, have since questioned the official line that scheduling issues with the British actor's long-running TV series, Sons of Anarchy, were responsible for his decision to leave.
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Steve Jobs Girlfriend is Writing A Book

Brennan paints a picture of a driven man whose deep interest in spirituality was combined with a dismissive attitude to people and tasks he thought were beneath him. In restaurants he would order the same meal time and again and complain about the side sauces.
Brennan writes that as Apple took off, so did Jobs' ego. His "behaviors didn't improve with success: they changed from adolescent and dopey to just plain vicious," she writes.
Read more about this story at TheGuardian.com

Eleanor Catton's Gold Rush Dazzles Booker Prize Judges

Eleanor Catton has become the youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize with her "astonishing" novel The Luminaries, chalking up a second landmark as the longest book to scoop the award.
The victorious author said it was "a good thing" that the judges looked beyond her age: "I feel honoured and proud to be living in a world where someone's biography doesn't get in the way of how their work is viewed."
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In The News: Fifty Shades of Grey Cast

Except you live under a rock, you'll know that there's an FSOG movie in the works and everyone has been giving predictions on who would play Ana and Christian.

I personally don't believe that Fifty Shades of Grey is movie worthy but if they are going to do a movie, the should do it right.

At this point, we know that Fifty Shades Of Grey movie will be released in theaters on August 1, 2014 and will be directed by British director, Sam Taylor-Johnson.And that Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam have been cast as Ana & Christian.

I was shocked about the casting to be honest. When I first heard that there was going to be a movie, the first two people who popped into my head were Henry Cavalli and Mila Kunis. Then Rachel Bilson, Emma Watson or Emma Stone for Ana Ian Somerhalder or Matt Bomer for Christian.

Trivia

Emma Watson, Lauren Watson, Shailene Woodley, Elizabeth Olsen, Imogen Poots, Alicia Vikander and Felicity Jones were considered to play Anastasia Steele before Dakota Johnson was finally cast.

Garrett Hedlund, Ryan Gosling and Chris Hemsworth turned down the role of Christian Grey, while Christian Cooke and Dominic Cooper auditioned. Charlie Hunnam was cast.

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