Please note the news article that this refers to was dated 7 Oct 2005 -- hardly new news.
There are more BDSM ebooks on sale now than ever. They are even sold on Amazon, and perhaps soon on Barnes and Noble (adult erotic sections). I know, because I write them.
This post is dated Oct. 9, 2005 -- two days after the article was published. You dredged up a 4 year old post to tell us it's not relevant today because...?