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How ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Is Shaking Up the Business of the Romance Genre

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The publishing house Harlequin enjoys a near monopoly in the romance genre. But will the self-published Fifty Shades of Grey destroy it once and for all? Chris Berube reports.

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