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Go Change Your Wattpad Password

26 July, 202026 July, 2020Security & PrivacyLeave a comment

Wattpad may have been the victim of a security breach some time in the past few months, so you may want to go change your password:...

Copyright Bots Are Now Going After Bot-Written Parody Songs (Well, One Song)

26 July, 202026 July, 2020PiracyOne Comment

Did you see the story this past week about AI-written parody song lyrics were DMCA-ed from Twitter? I for one don’t think it’s been reported accurately....

Cartoon Network and Star Trek Panels at San Diego Comic-Con Were Blocked by Youtube’s ContentID

24 July, 202024 July, 2020Piracy3 Comments

It is a truth universally acknowledged that large automated content filters do not function well at all, and the only thing keeping such a system from...

No, B&N Didn’t Stop Selling Android Tablets

23 July, 202023 July, 2020e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

There’s a report from the blog known for its “exclusive” hardware stories that Barnes & Noble has stopped selling Android tablets. Their story implies that B&N...

You Can Get on the Sunday Times’s Best-Seller List by Selling Fewer Than 2K Copies

21 July, 202023 July, 2020Self-Pub12 Comments

I know everyone is upset that Mark Dawson has publicly admitted to buying his way on to a best-seller list, but I for one was surprised...

Kindles and Kindle Fires Are On Sale

20 July, 202020 July, 2020e-Reading Hardware, Fire, KindleLeave a comment

Amazon is having another sale on its ereaders and Android tablets this week. If you act fast you will be able to get the basic Kindle...

Monday Morning Coffee – 20 July 2020

20 July, 202020 July, 2020Morning CoffeeLeave a comment

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Emily Temple wonders why some people care so much about how other people arrange their bookshelves. ...

Barnes & Noble to Open Full-Sized Bookstore in Rockville, Maryland

19 July, 202019 July, 2020Barnes & Noble4 Comments

Given that B&N has opened a smaller format store in Fredericksburg, a restaurant bookstore in Asuburn, and a small-footprint store in Fairfax, as well as many...

Google Books Ngram Viewer Updated – Now Includes Books Published as Late as 2019

16 July, 202016 July, 2020Google BooksOne Comment

I was just reading on a mailing list for editors, Copyediting-L, that Google has updated the Ngram Viewer. Here’s the original announcement from Twitter: The Google...

Kobo Plus Launches in Canada

15 July, 202015 July, 2020Kobo4 Comments

Remember how I told you a couple months ago that Kobo would launch its subscription ebook service in North America? It’s starting to happen. Kobo launched...

Kobo Nia Replaces the Aura 2 as Kobo’s Entry-Level eReader

15 July, 202014 July, 2020e-Reading Hardware, KoboOne Comment

Remember how I shared all the relevant info on the Kobo Nia about three weeks ago? Alas, that didn’t really leave me much to say about today’s...

Did You Know the Kindle Fire Has a Secret Profanity Filter That Blocks George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words?

13 July, 202014 July, 2020Fire10 Comments

Remember how everyone used to make fun of Apple because iOS had a puritanical keyboard filter that automatically corrected “fuck” to duck”? Get ready to snicker...