Sales of Fifty Shades of Grey take a tumble

Tuesday 24 July 2012 09:36 BST

Author E L James is looking to adapt her best-selling erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, for the big screen (AP)

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Sales of E L James’ enormously successful erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey have fallen sharply after increasing for eight consecutive weeks.

Sales slipped by 16 per cent last week to 1.21m (£5.4m) according to trade magazine The Bookseller.

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