Monday Morning Coffee – 14 June 2021

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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June 14, 2021

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

From Crazy Rich Asians to Shrill, authors are asking for (and getting) more control over the screen adaptation of their novels.
There’s a new startup which authors can use to organize online book fairs.
Vaping has become the new cliched “bad girl” trope on screen.
Dean Wesley Smith published a list of 9 reasons to go tradpub.
Kris Rusch looks at how fear is driving some authors’ business decisions.
Overdrive acquired one of its smaller competitors.
If you have no idea how to get started with your mailing list and newsletter, I have a few tips for you.
New York has passed a library ebook licensing bill.
Goodreads continues to be a shit platform.
Goodreads is a shit platform, redux.
How would you like a lego typewriter?
The 2021 Discovery Award winners were announced last week.
Here’s a list of books you shouldn’t donate to Little Free Libraries. (Seriously, one of the things I do with the two LFLs I take care of is weed books like the ones on this list. )

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2 Comments

naleta on June 14, 2021 at 4:13 pm

Dean Wesley Smith published a list of 9 Reasons NOT to go trad pub.

FIFY 😉
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- Nate Hoffelder on June 14, 2021 at 10:08 pm
  
  He was being sarcastic, and I didn’t want tp spoil the effect.
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