Tolino Adds Text to Speech to Its Browser App
Tolino (or rather, its tech partner Rakuten Kobo) has just released a new version of the Tolino web app which takes a further step towards accessibility....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.
Morning Coffee – 3 August 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Roland Denzel shares ergonomic tips for a better writing space. Nine writers shared writing advice with...Continue reading
Inside the Pocketbook Color
Who wants to take a look under the hood of the newest color ereader? I have not quite gotten up the courage to crack open the...Continue reading
eBook VAT Has Been Changed in the EU At Least 8 Times This Year
Everyone has heard that the UK reduced the tax collected on the sale of books earlier this year, but did you know they were not the...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew by $33.4 million in the First Half of 2020
At the request of a reader, I am restarting the monthly posts about Kindle Unlimited funding. I will go back to the standard format next month,...Continue reading
Hands On With the Pocketbook Color
Pocketbook’s newest ereader arrived on my doorstep yesterday. I’ve had a day to play with it, and while I am impressed with its speed and svelte...Continue reading
Pocketbook Color Launched in Europe – 6″ Color E-ink Screen, 199 Euros
Pocketbook’s long-awaited second color ereader has arrived. On Monday Pocketbook announced the Pocketbook Color, or PB 633. This ereader sports a 6″ color E-ink screen capable...Continue reading
Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 Ships Soon in Europe, Costs 125 Euros
Pocketbook has just announced its newest entry-level ereader. The Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 features a Carta E-ink screen. It runs Pocketbook’s software on a dual-core CPU...Continue reading
Monday Morning Coffee – 27 July 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. I find Brewster Kahle’s attempts to mischaracterize the Internet Archive’s recent actions to be infuriating, but...Continue reading
NPD: Publisher eBook Unit Sales Rose in April 2020
Earlier this week NPD confirmed what the AAP had lead us to expect (and many had assumed would happen): publisher ebook sales rose in the US...Continue reading
Go Change Your Wattpad Password
Wattpad may have been the victim of a security breach some time in the past few months, so you may want to go change your password:...Continue reading
Copyright Bots Are Now Going After Bot-Written Parody Songs (Well, One Song)
Did you see the story this past week about AI-written parody song lyrics were DMCA-ed from Twitter? I for one don’t think it’s been reported accurately....Continue reading
Cartoon Network and Star Trek Panels at San Diego Comic-Con Were Blocked by Youtube’s ContentID
It is a truth universally acknowledged that large automated content filters do not function well at all, and the only thing keeping such a system from...Continue reading
No, B&N Didn’t Stop Selling Android Tablets
There’s a report from the blog known for its “exclusive” hardware stories that Barnes & Noble has stopped selling Android tablets. Their story implies that B&N...Continue reading
You Can Get on the Sunday Times’s Best-Seller List by Selling Fewer Than 2K Copies
I know everyone is upset that Mark Dawson has publicly admitted to buying his way on to a best-seller list, but I for one was surprised...Continue reading