Earlier today I set out to write a round up post on the topic of feed reader apps. I am trying to devote Sunday morning to staying in bed and...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 25 January 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Wattpad has been sold. Olivia Sudjic delves into how the web has changed the stories we can tell. Amazon is...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Fell While the Funding Pool Grew in December 2020
Kindle Unlimited grew at a healthy clip in the last month of 2020. The funding pool grew by $800,000 over November 2020. The new total is $34 million, or about...Continue reading
Audible Will Soon Break Out Returns in ACX
Remember last November when author groups such as ALLi, SFWA, and The Authors Guild wrote an open letter to Amazon protesting Audible’s returns and exchange policies? We’re finally seeing some...Continue reading
Morning Coffee 18 January 2021
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, divorced, ex-cop ex-drunk PI...Continue reading
My Sunday Morning Reading List
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 was getting caught up...Continue reading
Connecticut is Investigating Amazon’s eBook Business
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 state of Conn. is...Continue reading
Amazon Sued Over Its Dominance of the eBook Market (Finally)
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 firm that lead the...Continue reading
Infographic: 20 Ways Handwriting is Good for You and Your Studying
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 by IvyPanda details 19...Continue reading
The Book Designer Blog Has Been Sold
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 in that time it...Continue reading
Best Buy is Now Using Spectra E-ink Shelf Labels
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 shelves. Best Buy has...Continue reading
Morning Coffee – 11 January 2021
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 in a 12-pack for...Continue reading
Dasung is Working on a 25″ E-ink Monitor
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 they are making a...Continue reading
1,172-Character Japanese Typewriter (video)
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 BW-2112 had over 1,000...Continue reading
Netronix Sends 6.8″ eReader Through FCC
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 ereader was built by...Continue reading