Charity shops stuck with thousands of copies of 50 Shades of Grey

Charity shops say they are struggling under thousands of copies of 50 Shades of Grey which they cannot sell or recycle.

It was the best-selling book in British history, but now charity shops are stuck with thousands of unwanted copies Photo: REX FEATURES

By Hayley Dixon

The Telegrapg -  05 Sep 2013

The exploits of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele once gripped the nation, and with 5.3 million copies flying off the shelves it became best-selling book in British history.

But now the country has amassed a “paper mountain” of unwanted copies of EL James’s erotic novel, suggesting that readers are bored with the “mummy porn” trilogy.

The books cannot be recycled because of the glue which was used to bind them.

Cancer Research UK have revealed that as soon as they sell one of the novels, they get two donations in its place.

Ben Wadsworth, WeBuyBooks.co.uk Marketing Manager, said: "We have thousands of copies of all the Fifty Shades books, but we've stopped selling them because no one was buying them. 
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