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Home Blog POST TOPICS Business of Books

The Business Side of Books and Writing

Karin Kallmaker's posts about the business side of publishing and writing as a career.

Clean Reader Groining with Books Stops – For Now

Karin Kallmaker 03/26/2015 Business of Books

Inktera, the support store for Clean Reader’s product line, just pulled the plug.

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

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

In other words, the customer is still supporting sinful writing, but using an app to avoid experiencing it. Very, very clever Clean Reader.

#censorshipChuck WendigClean ReaderDazed MagazineJennifer PorterJoanne HarrisJohn Scalzi
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Let’s All Stop Shaming Women Who Read Romance

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

Stupid, silly, trashy, sappy… It’s “just” a romance after all. How about we stop shaming our readers and our own work?

#feminist#romancewriterJennifer CruisieJennifer WeinerJoanne HarrisJodi PicoultLesbian RomanceZoe York
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Why There Should Not Be Special Rules for Lesfic Book Reviews

Karin Kallmaker 01/13/2015 Awards and Reviews, Business of Books, Craft of Writing 5 Comments

Authors in lesbian fiction are not able to withstand customary, ongoing criticism like writers in other genres?

#lesfic#Reviewers
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“Women’s Fiction” – A Sign or an Answer to Sexism in the Book Industry?

Karin Kallmaker 05/17/2014 Business of Books 1 Comment

Novelist Joanne Harris finds her books labelled “women’s fiction” frustrating. Why do these labels exist – a perspective from a lesbian writer in a small market.

#lesfic#Sister#weneeddiversebooks
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    On the original cover of Painted Moon, the figures are a woman and... a dog. Absolutely, it's a dog. (Hop over to the "all about" for Painted Moon and open the "Covers Past and Present" gallery. It's the light tealy-bluish one.)

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  • Cover, Unbeliever by Karin Kallmaker. Romance, magic, and sisters. Unbeliever - Romance, Magic, and Sisters - eBook $3.99 $3.67

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    Yet again, you brought stories to the page that I didn't know I needed... More than once, I had to take off my glasses and dry my eyes to finish reading a page.
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    ...Tous ces ingrédients mis ensemble en font un livre qui se lit facilement, et qui, encore une fois, fait rêver.
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