A new report by the Reading Agency, a London-based literacy nonprofit, found that 46% of U.K. adults say they struggle to focus on reading due to distractions around them.| PublishersWeekly.com
U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Copyright Registration Toolkit| www.copyright.gov
Lawmakers fight back.| ScreenRant
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Canva just launched a suite of AI design tools. If there’s one thing that the new B&N management can do better than the old, it’s how they get positive press like this CNN interview. The MooInk V ereader has a folding 8″ color E-ink screen. […]| Nate Hoffelder
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 […]| Nate Hoffelder
Barnes and Noble has found a new way to annoy Nook users. According to some posts on the Nook subreddit, B&N has started rolling out a software update for| The eBook Reader
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 […]| Nate Hoffelder
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 […]| Nate Hoffelder
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Monday Morning Coffee – 15 September 2025| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The judge in the Meta AI piracy case has expressed doubt that generative AI could ever be considered fair use. The Onyx Boox Mira is a 25.3″ E-ink monitor which costs nearly $2k. Ewww – The BBC is planning to use AI to create video […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Publishers Weekly has the details on a new survey of British readers. The review site eBookFairs.com might have a positive recommendation from a well-known author, but it doesn’t appear to be working for everyone. Japanese legislators are promising to take action following news of ChatGPT […]| Nate Hoffelder