Rakuten Viber Adds a Short Story Feature to its Chat App
The Kobo sister company Rakuten Viber launched a new storytelling feature on Monday. It's called Shorts by Viber, and it will feature over 50 original, free...Continue reading
Author: Nate Hoffelder
Nate Hoffelder is the founder and editor of The Digital Reader. He has been blogging about indie authors since 2010 while learning new tech skills weekly. He fixes author sites, and shares what he learns on The Digital Reader's blog. In his spare time, he fosters dogs for A Forever Home, a local rescue group.
Monday Morning Coffee – 23 September 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. If white people in books were described like people of color are - you'd lose your...Continue reading
French Court Rules Consumers Have the Right to Resell Games, Bringing eBook Resale One Step Closer to Being Reality
Just about every type of publisher making digital content today uses restrictive licenses to deny your rights over the content you buy, but those restrictions are...Continue reading
Mobiscribe’s 6.8″ E-ink Notepad Now Available on Amazon
Remember that rebranded Netronix 6.8" ereader that showed up at the FCC in December 2018, and then went up for crowdfunding on Indiegogo in January? You...Continue reading
Kobo Update 4.17 Features Improved Navigation, More Header and Footer Options
Kobo rolled out a firmware update for its ereaders this week, giving all its current models the same (software) features that the Kobo Libra H2O got...Continue reading
The Whole “Library eBooks Kill Retail eBook Sales” Idea Makes No Sense
I was working on a blog post this morning on Scholastic ebooks being in OverDrive when I got to thinking about the current uproar over library...Continue reading
Kobo Libra H2O Now Available Through Walmart
When I reported on the Libra H2O going up for pre-order last week, I said it was available through Walmart. That was a reflexive goof, but...Continue reading
Infographic: World of Typography
Typography is one of the lesser-known modern art forms , but just how much do you know about it? The following infographic is going to tell...Continue reading
Kindle, Kindle Fires are On Sale This Week
Amazon is throwing another round of sales this week. This time around they have cut the price of several Kindle models as well as a couple...Continue reading
Are You Desperate Enough to Try the Most Dangerous Writing App?
I just finished my next guest blog post for The Book Designer. It took me over a day to finish, in part because this was a...Continue reading
Tor.com’s Free eBook for September is Robert Jordan’s “New Spring”
Tor.com's ebook of the month club is giving away New Spring by Robert Jordan this week. This is a prequel novel in his The Wheel of...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 16 September 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. While I'm glad that Slate is covering librarians' campaign against library ebook restrictions, I wish they...Continue reading
Quillbot is the Freshman English Student’s Best Friend
I found another writer bot, but it's not nearly as good as the ones I wrote about last week (you can find those posts in the...Continue reading
About the Lack of Morning Coffee Posts …
There has been a marked absence of morning coffee posts over the past few weeks (as well as a shortage of posts in general). I have...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Per-Page Rate Fell in August 2019 While the Funding Pool Grew
Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by two hundred thousand dollars in August 2019, to $25.8 million, from $25.6 million in...Continue reading