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Morning Coffee 18 January 2021

18 January, 202118 January, 2021Morning CoffeeOne Comment

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Who Killed Nordic Noir? (I don’t know who killed it but I do know a hard-bitten,...

My Sunday Morning Reading List

17 January, 202117 January, 2021Morning Coffee, UncategorizedLeave a comment

This Sunday morning finds me reorganizing my RSS feeds so I can make better use of the limited time I can devote to blogging. As I...

Connecticut is Investigating Amazon’s eBook Business

17 January, 202117 January, 2021Amazon, AntitrustOne Comment

When I reported last Thursday that a class-action suit had been filed against Amazon, accusing them of conspiring with publishers, I apparently had missed that the...

Amazon Sued Over Its Dominance of the eBook Market (Finally)

15 January, 202116 January, 2021Amazon, Antitrust8 Comments

News broke this week that Amazon is being sued for colluding with five major publishers to inflate prices. The case was filed by the same law...

Infographic: 20 Ways Handwriting is Good for You and Your Studying

14 January, 202114 January, 2021Infographic5 Comments

Handwriting is no longer taught in schools, which is a shame. There are well known connections between writing stuff down and remembering it. The following infographic...

The Book Designer Blog Has Been Sold

12 January, 202113 January, 2021blog maintenanceOne Comment

The Book Designer is a blog which most authors should know. Founded by Joel Friedlander, this blog has been around for over ten years now, and...

Best Buy is Now Using Spectra E-ink Shelf Labels

11 January, 202111 January, 2021e-Reading Hardware, Screen Tech3 Comments

I was in Best Buy this morning, buying a new laptop when I happened to notice that the store now had digital product labels decorating the...

Morning Coffee – 11 January 2021

11 January, 202111 January, 2021Morning Coffee3 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Where do writers get their ideas? (I get mine from a guy in Poughkeepsie; they come...

Dasung is Working on a 25″ E-ink Monitor

7 January, 20217 January, 2021e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

Dasung is quietly famous for developing an E-ink monitor with a 13.3″ screen, and over the years they have released new models with incremental improvements. Now...

1,172-Character Japanese Typewriter (video)

7 January, 20217 January, 2021Blast from the PastLeave a comment

The average typewriter had up to 40 keys and could type around 60 characters. Originally made in Japan in the late 1940s, the Toshiba Typewriter Model...

Netronix Sends 6.8″ eReader Through FCC

7 January, 20217 January, 2021e-Reading Hardware2 Comments

Christmas came late this year, but I have a present for you. I just got an email notification that a new ereader cleared the FCC. This...

Morning Coffee 3 January 2021

4 January, 20214 January, 2021Morning CoffeeOne 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...

NetGalley Has Been Hacked

23 December, 202023 December, 2020Security & Privacy5 Comments

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...

Morning Coffee – 21 December 2020

21 December, 202022 December, 2020Morning Coffee3 Comments

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...

Xiaomi Mi Reader Pro Up For Pre-Order – $168, 7.8″ Screen

17 December, 202017 December, 2020e-Reading Hardware2 Comments

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...