Morning Coffee – 22 May 2023

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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May 22, 2023

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

This is wild: The data set that was used to train most (all?) text-generative AI includes sex acts found only in the raunchiest of fanfiction.
Do you think authors should ditch Mailchimp and move to Substack?
Dasung just launched a 25″ E-ink monitor costing $1800. I’m quite happy with the 32″ tv I use as a second screen, so I won’t be getting one.
Nathan Bransford shares an insider view of how the legacy publishing industry operates.
Here’s what you should do if one of Amazon’s bots terminates your KDP account for no reason.

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