Mommy porn boosts Barnes & Noble

Posted by Al Lewis on August 21, 2012
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Struggling bookseller Barnes & Noble narrowed its losses thanks to the erotic bestseller “50 Shades of I’m An Aging Pervert,” I mean, “50 Shades of Grey.”

Click here to read more on Barnes & Noble’s financial results.

I had no idea that someone could write down every sick thought he ever had and turn it into an industry. Sales are up at bookstores, and adult novelty shops as well, thanks to this literary genre being popularly dubbed “Mommy Porn.”

It’s not that I’m repulsed. I’m just wondering if I made a mistake working for family newspapers for so many years, where they train you not to write this stuff.