Morning Coffee – 16 September 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. While I'm glad that Slate is covering librarians' campaign against library ebook restrictions, I wish they...Continue reading
Quillbot is the Freshman English Student’s Best Friend
I found another writer bot, but it's not nearly as good as the ones I wrote about last week (you can find those posts in the...Continue reading
About the Lack of Morning Coffee Posts …
There has been a marked absence of morning coffee posts over the past few weeks (as well as a shortage of posts in general). I have...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Per-Page Rate Fell in August 2019 While the Funding Pool Grew
Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by two hundred thousand dollars in August 2019, to $25.8 million, from $25.6 million in...Continue reading
eBook Resale Ruled Illegal in the EU (Actually, No, It Hasn’t)
For the past seven years it has been legal to resell software in Europe under what is known as the "UsedSoft" decision, a court ruling that...Continue reading
Will You Buy the New Kobo Libra H2O? (I Would)
Kobo's newest ereader went up for pre-order today on the Kobo, Walmart, and Indigo websites, and will be shipping next week; will you buy one? The...Continue reading
Jeffsum is a Jeff Goldblum Lorem Ipsum Generator
Back before we had bots almost capable of writing non-gibberish, designers used filler text called lorem ipsum. And with the rise of the internet, developers have...Continue reading
StoryAI Won’t Put Writers Out of Work, But It Will Save Them Time
Earlier today I published a post on a bot that could summarize any article you gave it. That bot did not do a good job, but...Continue reading
“TLDR This!” Can Automatically Summarize an Article or Blog Post
Bots capable of scanning and summarizing a written work are still a relatively inaccessible field of AI research. At least, I don't know of any free...Continue reading
At $169, the Kobo Libra H2O is a Seven-Inch Kindle Oasis Killer
When Kobo launched its first ereader in 2010, they tried a bold tactic to get attention. The original Kobo cost $149, a far cheaper price than...Continue reading
AP Wants Hyphens to (Literally) Go the Way of the Oxford Comma
The Oxford or serial comma is one of the more divisive parts of the English language (even more so than the singular they), and it looks...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 30 August 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. One reason online media is dying is that the people with money think that makes them...Continue reading
A Study of 3.5M Books Found Women Are Described by Their Looks and Men by Their Vices or Virtues
We all know that women and men are described differently when mentioned in the news, so it should come as no surprise that the same would...Continue reading
Bluefire Reader Has Been Retired
While there has been no official announcement, the venerable Bluefire Reader is on its way out. Leading ebook app developer Bluefire has decided to retire its...Continue reading
Feedbook, Aldiko Bought in Bankruptcy Sale for 230,000 Euros
Here's a painful story to write about what was once a very interesting ebook startup. The French Canadian ebook distributor De Marque announced on Wednesday that...Continue reading