Nate Hoffelder
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Morning Coffee ? 8 June 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
8 Jun 2026 at 10:14am
Here are a few stories to read this morning. JD Henning proposes using a stenographer’s typewriter as a solution to the RSI caused by the Qwerty keyboard . Me, I avoid it by using 3 and a half fingers to type. Jonathan Bailey compares how well AI chatbots cite their sources. Judging by this editorial, […]
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Morning Coffee ? 1 June 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
1 Jun 2026 at 10:02am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. New York Magazine thinks non-fiction publishers aren’t remotely for AI, but the simple truth is they were already asleep at the wheel for years before this (many publishers think fact-checking is the author’s job). (paywalled, but Instapaper bypasses it) The Oxford University Press blog looks […]
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Morning Coffee ? 25 May 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
25 May 2026 at 10:21am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. John Gruber tells us more about the font choices of the various US Courts of Appeal than anyone (other than font nerds) would want to know. Amazon is now offering to auto-translate your book between English and French. Does anyone know if it’s any good? […]
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Morning Coffee ? 18 May 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
18 May 2026 at 10:14am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Ugh – AI was used to “write” a new work by the French playwright Molière. A 2,000 year dead mummy was recently discovered with a copy of the Iliad, and archeologists jumped to the conclusion that it had value in the afterlife, and not the […]
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Morning Coffee ? 11 May 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
11 May 2026 at 10:05am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Here are two new AI-driven impersonation scams to avoid. The Auteur is an E-ink word processor similar to the Freewrite. It’s just gone up for crowdfunding. Sarah Moss writes about students who want to be writers without first becoming readers. A new class action piracy […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 4 May 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
4 May 2026 at 10:10am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Amazon has dropped support for 14 year old (and older) kindles. Questions are being raised whether a non-verbal autistic author actually wrote the book bearing his name. (the article is paywalled, try Instapaper) Here are some tips which can help you figure out why your […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 27 April 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
27 Apr 2026 at 9:31am
After a two-week absence, here are a few stories to read this morning. Draft2Digital is now going to charge an account setup fee, and a maintenance fee on low revenue accounts. (Given the number of unprofitable accounts they took on from Smashwords, I am surprised it took them this long.) Barnes & Noble announced policy […]
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Morning Coffee ? 13 April 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
13 Apr 2026 at 10:11am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Jan Bernd Nordemann looks at whether (under European copyright law) generative AI can write a Game of Thrones sequel. Amazon is ending support for Kindles more than 13 years old. BookFunnel explains why authors need more than one lead magnet. Harlequin has signed a deal […]
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Monday Morning Coffee ? 6 April 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
6 Apr 2026 at 9:58am
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. I remember years ago when we were first discussing AI-generated content at SF cons, and someone claimed AI made new and original content. No, it doesn’t. James Folta asks why editors can’t spot AI-generated content? Swedish schools are bringing back books. Ryan Holiday shares what […]
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Morning Coffee ? 30 March 2026
by Nate Hoffelder
30 Mar 2026 at 10:02am
Here are a few stories to read this morning. Wikipedia bans AI-generated content. Here’s a fascinating look into false accusations of AI-generated content. The USA Supreme Court just ended a decade long piracy case, ruling in favor of cable company Cox. Should authors respond to the rise in false accusation of using AI generated content […]
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