Tired of bookish tedium? How about some bookish porn? On March 31 the bookish subscribers to the Ex-Libris newsgroup sponsored by the Rare Book and Manuscript section of the Association of College Research Libraries were treated to the following spam:
"[Apologies for cross-posting]
"Dear members of ExLibris-L,
"It is my pleasure to introduce to you a new website dedicated to the role of books, libraries and reading in contemporary erotica:
"http://bibliosexuality.org
" With over 50 galleries currently available, and with ongoing additions planned, bibliosexuality.org aims to become the leading resource in its field, providing a comprehensive directory of book-related erotica from the present age.
" Free subscriptions to the site are available through RSS (
"http://go.bibliosexuality.org/rss) or email ( http://go.bibliosexuality.org/email).
"You can also choose to follow us on Twitter (
"http://go.bibliosexuality.org/twitter) or Tumblr ( http://go.bibliosexuality.org/tumblr).
" For any comments or suggestions, please feel free to get in touch with us by email.
"Kind regards,
" Rob Handsome (Editor)
"p.s. Members of the list will understand that due to the nature of the subject matter the website inevitably contains some nudity.
"Rob Handsome
"[email protected]
