Clean Reader Groining with Books Stops – For Now

Karin Kallmaker Business of Books

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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

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

Karin Kallmaker 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

Actor Rowan Atkinson's face photoblended into DaVinci's Mona Lisa by illustrator Rodney Pike

Mr. Bean Inserted Into Historical Portraits By Caricature Artist Rodney Pike – reblog from earthporm

Karin Kallmaker Cheers & Chocolate

What is it about Rowan Atkinson’s smooshy, agile face that fits so perfectly across so many eras? Blackadder’s range of feckless to sneering expressions, and Mr. Bean’s wordless cunning to clueless antics – they make me laugh.

Sharp, blistering scripts were the hallmark of the Blackadder series, and Rowan Atkinson delivered wonderful lines: Read More