Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• The NYC Public Library is making 4 banned books available for free via its SimplyE app. 
• Maryland concedes the legal fight over its library ebook licensing law. dammit
• Supply and distribution problems continue to get in the way of selling print books. (It’s a shame that no one has invented a way to sell a book digitally.)
• Electric Lit looks at the impact of book bans on author’s health and wellbeing. 
• Jane Friedman says that authors should not blog unless they have something worthwhile to say, and she is right. 
• Here are ten reasons to delay a book launch. 

P.S. I put a deposit down on a house on Wednesday. Also, about two weeks ago I was in a car accident. How is your life going?