July 29, 2010

Porn the top seller on iPad … until it disappears

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Blonde and Wet, the Complete Story was the top-ranked ebook on the iPad‘s top-ten bestseller list Tuesday morning, reports Heidi Blake in a Telegraph story. Three other erotic novels were also on the list. By day’s end they’d all disappeared.

According to the Telegraph, “analysts said it was unlikely that all the erotic titles could have dropped out of the list at the same moment without being deliberately removed.”

Apple had no comment on the charges (although a Guardian report notes Steve Jobs is on the record about not wanting pornography on the iPad).

Meanwhile, “The most popular author among iPad users was, until yesterday, Carl East, a 55-year-old from Hull with more than 70 erotic books to his name. His titles, which are available for as little as 49p, were first, second and seventh in the chart before they disappeared.”

East was said to be “overwhelmed by his new found success,” and says, “I keep pinching myself to see if I am awake and sometimes I wonder, is this really happening to me.”

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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