Morning Coffee – 6 April 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The first 5 stories are all on the same topic (the Internet Archive's recent acts of...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.
Microsoft Editor Extension for Chrome and Edge Takes on Grammarly
Microsoft's new co-editing tool takes on Grammarly where it is the weakest, in the web browser. Last week Microsoft rebranded Office 365 as MS 365. They...Continue reading
The Swag Bag That Never Was
If you have been following me on social media then you might have heard that I have been organizing swag bags for book fairs and book...Continue reading
HaithiTrust Adopts CDL on an Emergency Basis
HaithiTrust is a coalition of university libraries that have pooled their resources in order to enable faculty and students to access copies of scanned books. Access...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 30 March 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The Guardian reports book sales surge as everyone stays home. The astronomer Johannes Kepler may have...Continue reading
Library of Congress Expands Its Collection of Open Access eBooks
The Library of Congress published a post this past week highlighting their growing collection of open access ebooks. We are excited to share that anyone anywhere...Continue reading
Authors Protest Internet Archive Pirating Their Books
Authors have discovered that the Internet Archive has converted its lending library site into an out and out pirate site, and they are not happy, For...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Closes 400 Stores
Barnes & Noble has joined the many retailers and other businesses which have stopped letting the public in, instead opting to offer curbside service. (My vet...Continue reading
Amazon No Longer Pays Royalties on Audiobooks Redeemed With ACX Promo Codes
For the longest time now Amazon has provided authors and publishers who distributed their audiobooks though ACX with promo codes that could be given to reviewers,...Continue reading
Canva v Book Brush
It's 2020, and authors are expected to be jack-of-all-trades (even traditionally published authors). They're expected to grow their own audience, organize their own book tours, and...Continue reading
Amazon Retires Author Rank, Leaving Authors One Less Way to Check Their Social Status
A friend just tipped me to the news that Amazon has retired its Author Rank feature. (Thanks, Morris!) I'm still getting a couple reports that people are...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 23 March 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. A few weeks back Macmillan proposed new contract terms for libraries. The ALA's position is that...Continue reading
PRH “Discounts” Library eBook Prices, But the New Prices Are Virtually Identical to the Old
I'm sure you read this past week that Penguin Random House is discounting its library ebook prices, but did you notice that none of the coverage...Continue reading
What Do the New Chinese Color eReaders Mean for the Amazon Kindle?
With news breaking that new color ereaders ( the first in nearly seven years) may be shipping later this week in China, now seemed like a...Continue reading
Color eReaders Are Being Announced in China (Whether They Are Being Shipped is Another Matter)
I am still waiting to hear from contacts in China whether these devices have actually been released to market, but it would appear that E-ink's next-gen...Continue reading