Difference between revisions of "Violet Blue"

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==Author and editor==
 
==Author and editor==
Blue is the author of several award-winning, best selling books on sex. She has also edited several erotica anthologies. Her first edited title was the anthology Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples, published in December 2001 by Cleis Press.
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Blue is the author of several award-winning, best selling books on sex. She has also edited several erotica anthologies. Her first edited title was the anthology Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples, published in December 2001 by Cleis Press. In October 2007, Violet Blue launched the publishing venture Digita Publications, releasing audiobooks and ebooks in open formats on sex-related subjects.
 
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In October 2007, Violet Blue launched the publishing venture Digita Publications, releasing audiobooks and ebooks in open formats on sex-related subjects.
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==Media personality and headliner==
 
==Media personality and headliner==
Violet Blue has appeared on mainstream media such as CNN and The Oprah Winfrey Show. In January 2007, Forbes named her one of The Web Celeb 25.
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Violet Blue has appeared on mainstream media such as CNN and The Oprah Winfrey Show. In January 2007, Forbes named her one of The Web Celeb 25. She has also headlined at many tech conferences, such as ETech, LeWeb and SXSW, and has been featured at the Google Tech Talks at Google Inc.
 
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She has headlined at many tech conferences, such as ETech, LeWeb and SXSW, and has been featured at the Google Tech Talks at Google Inc.
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==Legal issues==
 
==Legal issues==
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==Boing Boing controversy==
 
==Boing Boing controversy==
In June 2008, Violet Blue claimed on her blog that the blog Boing Boing had removed from their site all posts referring to her. Boing Boing posted a declaration stating: "Violet behaved in a way that made us reconsider whether we wanted to lend her any credibility or associate with her. It's our blog and so we made an editorial decision, like we do every single day." Most of the removed blog posts have been republished under the Creative Commons license by a third party at VioletBlueVioletBlue.net.
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In June 2008, Violet Blue claimed on her blog that the blog [[BoingBoing]] had removed from their site all posts referring to her. Boing Boing posted a declaration stating: "Violet behaved in a way that made us reconsider whether we wanted to lend her any credibility or associate with her. It's our blog and so we made an editorial decision, like we do every single day." Most of the removed blog posts have been republished under the Creative Commons license by a third party at VioletBlueVioletBlue.net.
  
 
==Websites==
 
==Websites==
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*Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Blue_(author)
 
*Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Blue_(author)
 
*Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/missviolet
 
*Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/missviolet
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*Posts removed from BoingBoing: http://www.violetbluevioletblue.net
  
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:People]]
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