Morning Coffee – 29 July 2024

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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July 29, 2024

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Dave Chesson explains what to do if your KDP account gets suspended.
Here’s another reason to avoid sites with pirated ebook: there’s now malware being distributed disguised as ebooks.
Did you hear about the scam site pretending to be Macmillan with a near perfect clone of the real site?
Allison Williams digs into author platforms.
The Verge has advice on what to do with your books if you can’t take them with you.

TECH TIP: Google is shutting down its Goo.gl link shortener in August 2025. This means that any links created with that tool will stop working.

P.S. Sorry about missing last week. I was at an SF convention, and several things conspired to keep me from getting a post out.

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