I am in Philly for Indie Author Con
When I was last in Philadelphia I thought it was cute that this city had streets where a sane person would put an alley. Now that I...Continue reading
Category: blog maintenance
My Site is Loading Twice As Fast Today As It Was Last Week. How About Yours?
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...Continue reading
I Updated This Site’s Theme, and I’m Still Picking Up The Pieces
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...Continue reading
The Digital Reader is Now on Instagram and Pinterest
It belatedly occurred to me this evening that I’ve never announced that I’ve expanded my bloging to include Pinterest and Instagram. As a result of an...Continue reading
I Am Back Online
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...Continue reading
So I Have a New Home Page
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....Continue reading
The Digital Reader is Now Ad-Free
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,...Continue reading
Please excuse the mess (and the explosions, and the screams of innocent bystanders, and all the fire trucks)
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...Continue reading
Attention, Authors: WordPress 5.0 Will Change Everything You Know About WordPress
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...Continue reading
Yes, I Respond to Media Queries
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...Continue reading
Boom! Kablooie! Crunch!
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...Continue reading
Hire Us
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...Continue reading
2016 Was Not Kind to Book Industry Blogs
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...Continue reading
We’re Back, Baby!
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...Continue reading
News of the eBook World
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...Continue reading