Here are a few stories to read this first Monday in 2021. Huff Post has rounded up the biggest literary scandals of 2020. (they missed B&N’s contribution to Black History...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.
NetGalley Has Been Hacked
NetGalley sent out an email today (and put a notice on their home page) informing users that the e-galley service has been hacked on Monday. The hackers defaced the NetGalley...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 21 December 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. AP tried to do an end of year overview of the book publishing industry, but neglected to venture outside of...Continue reading
Xiaomi Mi Reader Pro Up For Pre-Order – $168, 7.8″ Screen
The Chinese gadget company Xiaomi has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for their next ereader. The crowdfunding site is in Chinese, with all the text embedded in images, so it...Continue reading
OverDrive Retires the Libby Windows App
I’m sure many people know that OverDrive developed a reading app called Libby about four years ago. What you might not know is that in addition to the Android and...Continue reading
Google Play Books Updated With New Analytics Page
Google sent out an email today, bringing our attention to their new sales data page. Dear Partner, We’ve redesigned how sales data appears in your Google Play Books Partner Center account. In the...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool, Per-Page Rate Rose in November 2020
Kindle Unlimited grew at a healthy clip in November 2020. The funding pool grew by $300,000, while the per-page rate increased by a hundredth of a cent. Here are the...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 14 December 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. I am not the only one who thinks Bookshop.org is a false savior. It’s not just book publishing – the...Continue reading
M5Paper is a DIY 4.7″ eReader
A friend just sent me a product listing for a really cool gadget. (Thanks, Steve!) Banggood is now selling an epaper development kit called the M5Paper. It costs $73 and...Continue reading
Amazon Doubles Storage on Basic Kindle, Also Renames it as the 2019 Model
Amazon is sending mixed messages about their cheapest Kindle. On the one hand, they have dropped a hint that it could be replaced soon. On the other hand, they upgraded...Continue reading
Reed Expo Closes the Book on BookExpoAmerica
COVID-19 has claimed one more elderly victim. Reed Expo, the parent company of BookExpoAmerica, NY ComicCon, and other trade shows, has announced that they are killing BookExpo, BookCon, and UnBound....Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 30 November 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Roland Denzel thinks authors should stop writing about writing. Is the Freewrite Traveller too rich for your blood? Here’s a...Continue reading
Bertelsmann Buys Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS
The hot news in the publishing world today is that one of the world’s largest media conglomerates just got a little bigger. Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House,...Continue reading
Audible Makes Tiny Change to Its Execrable Return & Royalty Policy
It seems that if multiple author groups line up against it, Amazon can be forced to make a change to it policies – just not a major change. Audible sent...Continue reading
Basic Kindle Now $59, Oasis & Paperwhite to go on Sale on Cyber Monday
Amazon announced a confusing number of sales today for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Some items are on sale today, while others won’t be going on sale until the 28th....Continue reading