Nate Hoffelder
The Author Website Guy
Monday Morning Coffee ? 3 November 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
3 Nov 2025 at 3:08am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. What have you heard about the A10 Algorithm that Amazon rolled out this summer? Nathan Bransford explains the pitfalls with giving characters negative desires. Jonathan Bailey shares how copyright has shaped Halloween. Written Word Media has six tips for what authors should do after their […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 27 October 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
27 Oct 2025 at 2:58am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. A federal judge has ruled Texas’s book rating law unconstitutional. Do you think we’re in a book affordability crisis? Check out this dual-screen 3d-printed ereader. This list of synonyms for exhausted has left me simply forswunk. Victoria Strauss has an update on the latest trends […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 20 October 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
20 Oct 2025 at 3:02am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Harshini Fernando explains why authors need a website. Penny Sansevieri has the scoop on authors being locked out of Amazon Author Central. BTW, does the image on that post look AI-generated to you? If you are looking for an alternative to the now-defunct NaNoWriMo, Reedsy […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 13 October 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
13 Oct 2025 at 2:43am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Baker & Taylor, a giant in the library distribution industry, is done. Hellman’s has created a garlic scented book. Written Word Media has advice on how authors can use paid advertising to build momentum. The Onyx BOOX P6 Pro has a phone-shaped 6.13″ color E-ink […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 6 October 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
6 Oct 2025 at 3:08am
Here are a few stories to read this morning. Move over, NFTs – Microsoft is building a marketplace for publishers to license content to AI companies. There’s a copyright infringement lawsuit going on right now which has nothing to do with AI, but could result in over $7 billion in damages. Did you know that […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 29 September 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
29 Sep 2025 at 3:10am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The Library of Congress brings our attention to 5 copyright resources you might not know exists. Here’s an update on the Anthropic piracy settlement from Victoria Strauss. Brenda W. Clough shares estate planning advice for authors. This is important, otherwise an author’s work might suffer […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 22 September 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
22 Sep 2025 at 3:35am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Bookbaby has several examples of book marketing that worked. Kobo now supports exporting annotations. Trump filed a frivolous lawsuit against Penguin RandomHouse and the NYTimes this week. The lawsuit was thrown out days later. Johann Christian Bach’s 1777 lawsuit against sheet music publishers marked the […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 15 September 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
15 Sep 2025 at 11:35am
Here are a few (belated stories to read this Monday morning. Apple is now being sued over the pirated ebooks which were allegedly fed to its LLM. Anne R Allen explains how you can spot scammy marketing pitch emails. The settlement in the Anthropic piracy lawsuit is facing stiff opposition from the presiding judge. The […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 8 September 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
8 Sep 2025 at 3:19am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Jane Friedman takes a look at how the book publishing industry has changed over the past ten years. I’d suggest that take her piece with a grain of salt; here data source (AAP revenue statistics) only reflects a minority of the book publishing industry. Last […]
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Morning Coffee ? 1 September 2025
by Nate Hoffelder
1 Sep 2025 at 3:22am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Anthropic has announced a settlement in the massive piracy lawsuit they were losing. Yikes – if your publisher promised to register your copyright, you might want to double check that. The Kobo-Instapaper integration is now live. Jonathan Bailey is right – AI is not democratizing […]
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