Monday Morning Coffee – 23 June 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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June 23, 2025

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 year.
Google’s AI search summaries is killing traffic to websites.

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