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Romance Novels Have Always Had an Impact on Society (reblog Christina Lauren | Bustle)

Karin Kallmaker 04/21/2015 Business of Books, Readers and Libraries

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Author Laina Villeneuve highlighted a thought-provoking blog by NYT best-selling romance and YA author Christina Lauren: Romance Novels Are Primed To Make An Impact On Society, So Stop Calling Them “Trashy,” OK? I loudly applaud the idea that we stop denigrating our own books, and that we challenge those people who do. You may recall this blog: Let’s All Stop Shaming Women Who Read Romance. Read More

One Way to Talk to People About “Religious Freedom” Laws Like Indiana’s

Karin Kallmaker 03/28/2015 LIFE + STYLE 4 Comments

How would you like to walk into a bakery, clothing store or dentist, either by yourself or in front of your kids or grandparents, and have the person behind the counter take one look at you and say “We don’t serve your kind.” And it is legal to treat you that way? Read More

Clean Reader Groining with Books Stops – For Now

Karin Kallmaker 03/26/2015 Business of Books

Undoubtedly, the creators of Clean Reader did not anticipate the crapstorm their app would rain down on them. It’s clear that their shopping cart marketplace, Inktera, didn’t. Inktera – which had been providing customer support to the authors and publishers demanding their products not be discoverable by the app – just pulled their marketplace from the app. So Clean Reader is an app with no products to monetize. Read More

Dear Clean Reader – Don’t Groin Around with My Books

Karin Kallmaker 03/26/2015 Business of Books, Readers and Libraries 6 Comments

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The Android version of the new Clean Reader reading app claims that it has “the ability to remove swear words from books.” Not hide, remove. However, what it really does is hide the words that the app authors have decided are profanities. The program covers up the naughty words with a bubble, leaving the reader untainted yet still able to enjoy that really good book. Read More

Let’s All Stop Shaming Women Who Read Romance

Karin Kallmaker 03/08/2015 Business of Books, Readers and Libraries 29 Comments

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So This Happened. As you can imagine, I was not amused. Several other writers (like Zoe York, far more prominent than I am) were not amused either.Read More

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