Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Universal and Disney are suing Midjourney for copyright infringement. I am surprised it took them this long – it was obvious over 3 years ago that the tool infringed on copyrights. Here’s some great advice on how indie authors can market their books on a […]| Nate Hoffelder
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 […]| 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
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. BookCon, the consumer-facing side of Book Expo America, is returning after a 6 year hiatus. Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a test identify which older book covers use arsenic in the green ink. Spotify reported audiobook listening up over the past […]| Nate Hoffelder
Discover how indie author Linda Tiffin markets her books on a shoestring budget using business cards, craft fairs, and creative giveaways in this inspiring Speaker Series recap.| Written Word Media
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. I’m hearing reports that the same toxic behaviors seen on Goodreads have been spotted in the book community on Facebook’s Threads platform. A new paper from researchers at Apple explores the limitations of AI for solving puzzle and problem. Google has won part of the […]| Nate Hoffelder
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Monday Morning Coffee – 15 September 2025| Nate Hoffelder
