Morning Coffee – 7 April 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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April 7, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this morning.

The non-profit behind NaNoWriMo is shutting down.
Nathan Bransford wants to know how stress changes your reading habits.
The Bigme B7 is a 7″ ereader which aspires to be a smartphone (it has 4G, and a stylus).
Trump’s new taxes are expected to raise the cost of books printed for the USA market, whether they are printed in the USA or not (books printed here often use imported paper).
Marie Croke has advice on how introverts can get the most out of conferences and other public events.
Amazon has made some nonsensical arguments in its legal battle over France’s 3-euro book delivery fee, including that, even though the rule applies to all, it is discriminatory.

Question: Where are your books printed? Have you heard anything yet about how the cost might go up?

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