Category: Morning Coffee

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. There’s a difference between copyright-free and royalty-free.  David Gaughran is giving away the new edition of...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of -ston, -shire, and -chester, Rich Hollick has a...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. It’s surprising how many of these sayings are centuries old and yet still in use today....

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The Authors Guild is whining again because Google can’t wave a magic wand and make piracy...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. JK Rowling is publishing a serialized novel online.  Bill Rosenblatt has a good overview of the...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. William Faulkner’s spouse and daughters were terrible pranksters. Audible is continuing their investment in podcasts. Did...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Why it’s so hard to read right now. (It’s not just you.)  Surprisingly, this list of...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. When “Lord of the Flies” happened for real, the result was almost peaceful.  Someone’s building a...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The newly launched Publishers Weakly activist Twitter account was interviewed this week. A survey conducted at...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. MS Word now flags two spaces after a full stop as an error.  The Washington Post...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. LitHub has published a gallery of rather odd anthropomorphized books.  Brian Frye believes that creators wanting...

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Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Publishers need to plan for how the pandemic is driving digital adoption, Mark Williams argues.  Russel...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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