Morning Coffee – 11 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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August 11, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

A Canadian author has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against 4 AI companies.
Written Word Media explains how to build a reader funnel.
Facebook is being used for pirating porn.
My preferred save for later service, Instapaper, just added support for PDF conversion.
Dan Holloway digs into the recent rash of fraudulent ebook sales in sales hosted by Shopify.

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