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"Amazon is continuing to discount its bestselling items leading into the holiday season.\nThe retailer is offering the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy \u2014 a boxed set that includes Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed \u2014 for $4.99 Monday. The deal will run only from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET, and is limited to one per customer. The paperbacks retail for $47.85 and are typically sold on Amazon as a set for $27.75.\nThe first book in the fiction trilogy, which chronicles a sexually explicit romance between an older, successful businessman and an unworldly college student, has graced the top of the New York Times paperback best-seller list for 38 weeks and counting. Both sequels have ranked in the top five for most of the year, as well. Indeed, the book has sold so well that Markus Dohle, CEO of publisher Random House, has awarded every employee \u2014 from mailroom workers to top executives \u2014 a $5,000 end-of-year bonus.\nAmazon's promotion is part of a \"12 days of deals\" promotion series the retailer is running from Dec. 3 to Dec. 14. The promotion has included discounts on a range of books, including fantasy novels and cookbooks.\nAmazon has taken profit cuts on popular items, including newly released albums from artists like No Doubt and Green Day, as a way to attract new customers looking for specific deals. \nPhoto via AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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