passage: By Liz Thomas PUBLISHED: 14:01 EST, 7 August 2012 | UPDATED: 01:41 EST, 8 August 2012 Fifty Shades of Grey has become the best selling book ever in Britain IT has been panned by critics and is certainly the most talked about book of the year. And just four months after its publication in book form, Fifty Shades of Grey is outselling Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books, say experts. EL James’s erotic novel, released as an e-book last June and in book form in April, has sold 5.3million print and digital copies, according to publishers Random House.
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  Erotic novel outsells The Da Vinci code and Harry Potter novels
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  Steamy scenes grabbed readers' attention
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  Success put down to 'watercooler' effect
query: Miss @placeholder said: 'My main ambition when I signed the deal with Random House was to see my books in the shops.
entities: Britain Dan Brown EL James Fifty Shades of Grey Harry Potter JK Rowling Liz Thomas Random House Success The Da Vinci Code