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Nothing is ever what it seems. To the outside world, the adult industry is a sexy alternate universe filled with studs and starlets who are ready to go at the drop of a hat. Cigar-chomping, sleazy producers whose backing comes from questionable sources. Directors and performers who party harder off-camera than on. And money. Lots and lots of money. Some of that may be true, but those who work inside the bitter embrace of this dysfunctional family known as porn understand that the real story is both more mundane, and much more bizarre, than you could ever imagine. Meet the editors of "Blue Movie Guide," Silicone Valley's answer to "Variety." Day in and day out they deal with the gossip, the bed-hopping, the backstabbing and the sheer, ridiculous drama that makes XXX a world unto itself. Outrageous, hot, hysterical and ugly, this is the truth about the world's second oldest profession, as told by the people who write the book.