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	<title>Karen Knows Best</title>
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	<description>The book crazy blogger who has an opinion on everything, from Britney Spears to the global economy</description>
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		<title>Is Elloras Cave Having Financial Problems? Again?</title>
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According to one of their authors who shall remain nameless, she hasn&#8217;t been paid properly for over a year now.
Now either her books aren&#8217;t selling well, or there&#8217;s a cash flow problem at EC.
Does anybody have any further info?
And actually, when was the last time any of you lot bought a book from EC?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/03/07/is-elloras-cave-having-financial-problems-again/</link>
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		<title>New Cover For Magic Under Glass&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember the hooha over Bloomsbury&#8217;s decision to whitewash Jaclyn Dolamore&#8217;s book, Magic Under Glass? Well they&#8217;ve released the new cover:
This was the old cover &#8211; Yep, nothing &#8220;dark-skinned&#8221; about that lady, even with the bad lighting.

This is the new cover. A definite touch of ethnicity there at least.

What do you guys think?
Via Angela over at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/03/04/new-cover-for-magic-under-glass/</link>
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		<title>E-Book Release Alert: Sharon Cullars&#8217; Gold Mountain &amp; Loose-Id Does Something Good &#8230;</title>
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I&#8217;m very fond of Sharon Cullars&#8217; books, and I was pleased to see that she has a new release at Loose-Id.
Here&#8217;s the blurb for Gold Mountain:
In 1865, the hope for gold has spurred many to seek their fortunes in California, the place the Chinese call Gum San or &#8220;Gold Mountain.&#8221; Amidst this backdrop, Quiang, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/03/02/new-book-release-alert-sharon-cullars-gold-mountain/</link>
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		<title>Religion And Interracial Relationships&#8230;</title>
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Angela has a really interesting post up entitled Religion and Interracial Romance.  I have an idea that using the word ‘romance’ is a bit of a misnomer though, seeing as her column seems to really be talking about religious influence on interracial relationships, period,  rather than the bookish side of things.
She starts:
The black [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/03/01/religion-and-interracial-relationships/</link>
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		<title>Author Responds Badly To A Review, And Crosses A Line&#8230;</title>
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Oh look, another author who can&#8217;t take criticism.
*Yawn*
The difference is, this author decided to take a potshot at the reviewer&#8217;s weight.
Lord.
Here&#8217;s the author&#8217;s rant in its entirety, crossing a line that no man should ever cross:
Seriously….you’re just going after me on Twitter and Good Reads now after savaging me on DarkScribe?
what is your problem with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/02/25/author-responds-badly-to-a-review-and-crosses-a-line/</link>
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		<title>Dorothy Koomson&#8217;s Latest Release &#8211; The Ice-Cream Girls</title>
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I&#8217;m so excited to read this book, as my regulars will know, I love Dorothy Koomson&#8217;s work.
Blurb:
As teenagers Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate, the two seemingly glamorous teens were dubbed ‘The Ice Cream Girls’ by the press and were dealt with by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/02/25/dorothy-koomsons-latest-release-the-ice-cream-girls/</link>
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		<title>An Anon&#8217;s Take On Domestic Violence&#8230;</title>
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An anonymous commenter posted on an old thread entitled Romance Authors Can Be Victims Of Domestic Violence Too, yesterday, and I thought it was worth re-posting in its entirety.
&#8220;This starts pretty abruptly but its 5 am and I haven&#8217;t the energy to re-write the thing, so let me just preface by saying, as to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/02/22/an-anons-take-on-domestic-violence/</link>
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		<title>Who The F*ck Reads and Loves Romantic Comedies Anyway?</title>
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Hurrah, I&#8217;ve found somebody else who hates romantic comedy books.
BarbaraB&#8217;s mini rant says it better than I could:
On another note, I’m just amazed that there’s another romance reader who also utterly despises romantic comedy. Maybe without the fervor and madness that I do, but still! I can’t even think about that crap without practically choking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/02/21/who-the-fck-reads-and-loves-romantic-comedies-anyway/</link>
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		<title>Should Authors Show Their Heroes With A Porn Collection In Order To Keep It Real?</title>
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Mrs Giggles has yet another interesting post up on her blog. This time she’s asking why we don’t see romance heroes with the odd porn mag now and again:
Why do we get hardly any contemporary romance heroes who have porn in their PC or in their closet? I don&#8217;t remember reading any contemporary romances with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/02/21/should-authors-show-their-heroes-with-a-porn-collection-in-order-to-keep-it-real/</link>
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		<title>Shiloh Walker hosts another most excellent giveaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directly from her blog:
Enter to win a Nook!  Help me spread the word about my upcoming release, BROKEN-due out 3.2.2010.  You can get your name entered for a drawing for a Nook, the new ebook reader from Barnes and Noble. You can also enter by preordering the book online or buying the book during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2010/02/21/shiloh-walker-hosts-another-most-excellent-giveaway/</link>
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