John Updike Liked Mobile Erotica

Or at least the idea of it. Yes, the well known author did die, but shortly before his death, John Updike gave an interesting interview to journalist David Barnett at the U.K.’s Guardian in which he gave an enthusiastic thumb’s up to the idea of publishing literature–including erotic novels–on the mobile phone.

The back-story is that former Penthouse author Catherine Hiller–a protegee of Updike’s–contributed a story to Ravenous Romance, an ebook/audiobook publisher of erotica aimed a women. Ravenous Romance is now repackaging its erotica for the mobile phone. Stay tuned for an interview with Ravenous Romance’s publisher Holly Schmidt. And Mr. Updike’s opinion of Hiller’s story? In a mobile blurb for the story, Updike calls it “good, brave, and joyful writing.”