Morning Coffee – 18 August 2025

by Nate Hoffelder

After a decade of running The Digital Reader, Nate is a veteran web publisher with experience in design, maintenance, recovery, and troubleshooting. What little he doesn't know, he can learn.

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Morning Coffee

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August 18, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

A class action lawsuit with a potential 7 MILLION claimants has the potential to ruin the AI industry. (don’t threaten me with a good time)
Jen Craven explains how she used a run of misprinted books as a marketing tool.
UK publisher Boundless has declared bankruptcy and shutdown while owing authors £657,000.
Emma Boyer explains why every author needs a platform.
Alexandra Torre explains why she finally built a website for a pen name.

P.S. I have a question about author websites: If an author has their site (or the site for a pen name) at AuthorName.Wordpress.com, would that affect how you see them?

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