Morning Coffee 3 January 2021

04.01.2021 Nate Hoffelder 1 Comment

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 Month)
• Teleread published a great overview of classics which passed into the public domain in the US last Friday. 
• eBook license fees are killing public libraries. 
• That hilarious Dr Suess Star Trek mashup has been found to not be protected by fair use (a reasonable decision, IMO). 
• Japan has expanded its criminal piracy laws. 
• A Korean ebook service has revived the idea of tracking a reader’s eye movements, and using that to trigger page turns. It’s interesting to see it being tried again, but something tells me that it’s still not going to catch on.
• It’s okay if you didn’t read this year. 

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