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My Site is Loading Twice As Fast Today As It Was Last Week. How About Yours?

26 October, 20184 January, 2019blog maintenance12 Comments

Earlier today I did some behind the scenes work to speed up my site, and I thought it might be helpful if I walked you through...

I Updated This Site’s Theme, and I’m Still Picking Up The Pieces

20 October, 201820 October, 2018blog maintenance14 Comments

After several weeks of planning and careful testing, and consulting with the theme’s developer, I have replaced this site’s theme with a new one. What do...

I Am Back Online

3 March, 20183 March, 2018blog maintenance6 Comments

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay a postal worker from their rounds, but winds were certainly enough to knock me...

So I Have a New Home Page

18 February, 201818 February, 2018blog maintenance15 Comments

This took me a good three months longer than I had planned, but today I am ready to unveil the new home page for this site....

The Digital Reader is Now Ad-Free

31 December, 201731 December, 2017blog maintenance14 Comments

While everyone was off on vacation last week, I was busy behind the scenes doing scut work on my websites. I rebuilt the Valiant Chicken site,...

Please excuse the mess (and the explosions, and the screams of innocent bystanders, and all the fire trucks)

8 December, 20178 December, 2017blog maintenanceLeave a comment

I’m sorry about the mess today, folks. You may have noticed that the site was down several times Friday afternoon and evening. We were trying to...

Attention, Authors: WordPress 5.0 Will Change Everything You Know About WordPress

30 August, 201712 September, 2017blog maintenance, Web Publishing7 Comments

If you are one of the millions who blog on WordPress, your world is about to change. Due out next year, WordPress 5.0 is going to...

Yes, I Respond to Media Queries

30 July, 20171 August, 2017blog maintenance2 Comments

Recent events have convinced me that I need to formally announce a policy on answering questions from bloggers and journalists. Yes, I answer media queries either...

Boom! Kablooie! Crunch!

2 May, 20172 May, 2017blog maintenance3 Comments

This blog had an unexpected hiatus today while we were trying to upgrade to HTTPS. I did not crash the site (this time, anyway) but I did...

Hire Us

16 February, 201712 June, 2017blog maintenance11 Comments

This is a gentle reminder that, in addition to being the best surviving ebook blog, The Digital Reader also solves web problems for authors and publishers. I...

2016 Was Not Kind to Book Industry Blogs

19 December, 201612 June, 2017blog maintenance, Web Publishing16 Comments

When we look back on 2016 it is going to be remembered as the year of The Donald; the year we lost everyone from Prince to...

We’re Back, Baby!

20 September, 201620 September, 2016blog maintenance21 Comments

Reports of this blog’s demise were greatly exaggerated. The adequate engineers at MediaTemple were able to recover the database in the backup from early Sunday. This...

News of the eBook World

10 September, 201615 November, 2019blog maintenanceLeave a comment

Today I am officially unveiling a new page on my site. News of the eBook World shows headlines and links from RSS feeds for six sites...

Tip Us

29 August, 201629 August, 2016blog maintenanceLeave a comment

This is a periodic reminder that you can send news tips and suggestions to [email protected], or via the contact page, or by sharing a document or folder in your...