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Morning Coffee – 6 April 2020

6 April, 20206 April, 2020Morning CoffeeLeave a comment

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...

Microsoft Editor Extension for Chrome and Edge Takes on Grammarly

5 April, 20205 April, 2020WritingLeave a comment

Microsoft's new co-editing tool takes on Grammarly where it is the weakest, in the web browser. Last week Microsoft rebranded Office 365 as MS 365. They...

The Swag Bag That Never Was

2 April, 20202 April, 2020Conferences & Trade showsLeave a comment

If you have been following me on social media then you might have heard that I have been organizing swag bags for book fairs and book...

HaithiTrust Adopts CDL on an Emergency Basis

1 April, 20201 April, 2020Digital LibraryOne Comment

HaithiTrust is a coalition of university libraries that have pooled their resources in order to enable faculty and students to access copies of scanned books. Access...

Morning Coffee – 30 March 2020

30 March, 202030 March, 2020Morning Coffee2 Comments

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...

Library of Congress Expands Its Collection of Open Access eBooks

29 March, 202029 March, 2020Digital Library8 Comments

The Library of Congress published a post this past week highlighting their growing collection of open access ebooks. We are excited to share that anyone anywhere...

Authors Protest Internet Archive Pirating Their Books

28 March, 20201 April, 2020Piracy20 Comments

Authors have discovered that the Internet Archive has converted its lending library site into an out and out pirate site, and they are not happy, For...

Barnes & Noble Closes 400 Stores

27 March, 202027 March, 2020Barnes & NobleLeave a comment

Barnes & Noble has joined the many retailers and other businesses which have stopped letting the public in, instead opting to offer curbside service. (My vet...

Amazon No Longer Pays Royalties on Audiobooks Redeemed With ACX Promo Codes

26 March, 202026 March, 2020Amazon, Audiobook4 Comments

For the longest time now Amazon has provided authors and publishers who distributed their audiobooks though ACX with promo codes that could be given to reviewers,...

Canva v Book Brush

24 March, 202024 March, 2020content creationOne Comment

It's 2020, and authors are expected to be jack-of-all-trades (even traditionally published authors). They're expected to grow their own audience, organize their own book tours, and...

Amazon Retires Author Rank, Leaving Authors One Less Way to Check Their Social Status

24 March, 202024 March, 2020Amazon5 Comments

A friend just tipped me to the news that Amazon has retired its Author Rank feature. (Thanks, Morris!) I'm still getting a couple reports that people are...

Morning Coffee – 23 March 2020

23 March, 202023 March, 2020Morning Coffee2 Comments

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...

PRH “Discounts” Library eBook Prices, But the New Prices Are Virtually Identical to the Old

22 March, 202022 March, 2020Library eBooksOne Comment

I'm sure you read this past week that Penguin Random House is discounting its library ebook prices, but did you notice that none of the coverage...

What Do the New Chinese Color eReaders Mean for the Amazon Kindle?

22 March, 202023 March, 2020Amazon, e-Reading Hardware6 Comments

With news breaking that new color ereaders ( the first in nearly seven years) may be shipping later this week in China, now seemed like a...

Color eReaders Are Being Announced in China (Whether They Are Being Shipped is Another Matter)

22 March, 202022 March, 2020e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

I am still waiting to hear from contacts in China whether these devices have actually been released to market, but it would appear that E-ink's next-gen...