In April the trilogy, which includes the titles "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed," was issued in paperback by Vintage Books, part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, sending sales through the roof when the publisher printed and distributed the books widely for the first time.
The publisher of Zondervan, Scott Bolinder, spoke with excitement about the possibilities for distributing the book on iTunes.
Anyone who had had anything to do with distributing the book was arrested.
Grand Central will distribute the book with the secrecy of a Bob Woodward publication, with bookstores told not to display any copies until its release.
The Swedish Women's Lobby, a politically independent women's organisation, has joined with a number of associate organisations including the UN association of Sweden to distribute the book to all students in the Swedish second grade as a "gift".
They pointed out that Mr. King was a special case -- a best-selling writer with a huge cult following -- and that the attempt to distribute the book in volume showed the bugs in the electronic system.
I second the suggestion of your reviewer, Fareed Zakaria, that Washington should republish and widely distribute the book's sections explaining the different interpretations of the Koran, and those explaining Islam's path to democracy.
More than 115,000 copies have been shipped to stores, said Kim Wylie, senior vice president of Publishers Group West, which distributes the book and has had a hard time keeping up with the demand.
