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Latest: Sex.com is back up for auction a second time

On 18 March, Sex.com was due to be auctioned off but that sale was delayed following a court order from its creditors. Now those creditors have agreed to put Sex.com up for auction again some time this year.

The auction will be run by Sedo, and Sedo assures us they will keep us in the loop about when and how the auction will be run.

New Sex.com website

7 June 2010

The website for the book Sex.com has been revamped and posted to a new home - sexdotcom.com, instead of its original home at sexdotcom.info.

The new design is much more up-to-date, as is the content. Full chapter excerpts have also been added to the site, and a whole new back-end content management system means that readers can now add their comments and suggestions, as well as discuss domain name issues, on the site itself.

Sexdotcom.com purchased

17 May 2010

The domain name Sexdotcom.com has been bought in auction for $360 from Sedo.com from somebody in Korea. The website for the book will be gradually shifted over to this new domain, and to celebrate a complete overhaul of the website will be carried out.

Hollywood interest in Sex.com

10 May 2010

Hollywood continues to show some interest in the book's film rights. With the Facebook movie The Social Network due for release in October 2010, the movie industry is gearing up for a slew of tales about the Internet's crazier aspects. The Sex.com story, of course, tops them all.

Interview with NPR's On the Media

28 February 2010

Sex.com author was on NPR this morning talking about the book and the planned auction of Sex.com. You can listen to the interview on the Press page.