This past weekend, a book festival in downtown Baltimore promised to be the perfect event for book lovers, but instead, it's being described as one of the worst events people have seen.| www.cbsnews.com
Scammers are nothing if not inventive. As writers become wise to their techniques, they invent new ones. Here are two newish frauds that appear to be on the rise. As with most writing scams these days, they target self-published authors. The Book Order Scam I’ve written before about book order scams, in the context ofRead More| Writer Beware
Learn about EPUB conversion services, their benefits, fixed vs. flowable formats, pricing, and choosing the right provider to publish eBooks seamlessly.| BookBaby Blog
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
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 morning. Bookbub has a post which explains how they choose books for their Featured Deals. Connecticut has passed a law regulating library ebook licensing. It does not go far enough, IMO. Audible is going all in on AI narration. I just hope it sounds better than what […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Amazon just announced a new font for KDP Print. A book festival held in Baltimore last weekend has since become infamous for being a fiasco. Victoria Strauss has a couple new scams authors need to be aware of. Here’s everything you need to know about […]| 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
