Monday Morning Coffee – 6 October 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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October 6, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this morning.

Move over, NFTs – Microsoft is building a marketplace for publishers to license content to AI companies.
There’s a copyright infringement lawsuit going on right now which has nothing to do with AI, but could result in over $7 billion in damages.
Did you know that antique possessive pronouns like hisn and yourn are still hanging on in the backwoods?
Here are a few apps you can use to edit your next book.

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