1,172-Character Japanese Typewriter (video)
The average typewriter had up to 40 keys and could type around 60 characters. Originally made in Japan in the late 1940s, the Toshiba Typewriter Model BW-2112 had over 1,000 characters in three...
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Dasung is Working on a 25″ E-ink Monitor
Dasung is quietly famous for developing an E-ink monitor with a 13.3″ screen, and over the years they have released new models with incremental improvements. Now they are making a huge change, and I...
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Morning Coffee – 11 January 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Where do writers get their ideas? (I get mine from a guy in Poughkeepsie; they come in a 12-pack for $14.99. Other writers have other methods.)...
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Best Buy is Now Using Spectra E-ink Shelf Labels
I was in Best Buy this morning, buying a new laptop when I happened to notice that the store now had digital product labels decorating the shelves. Best Buy has bought a shelf label system from a...
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The Book Designer Blog Has Been Sold
The Book Designer is a blog which most authors should know. Founded by Joel Friedlander, this blog has been around for over ten years now, and in that time it has dispensed sage advice from dozens of...
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Infographic: 20 Ways Handwriting is Good for You and Your Studying
Handwriting is no longer taught in schools, which is a shame. There are well known connections between writing stuff down and remembering it. The following infographic by IvyPanda details 19 other...
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Amazon Sued Over Its Dominance of the eBook Market (Finally)
News broke this week that Amazon is being sued for colluding with five major publishers to inflate prices. The case was filed by the same law firm that lead the lawsuit against the Price Fix Six back...
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Connecticut is Investigating Amazon’s eBook Business
When I reported last Thursday that a class-action suit had been filed against Amazon, accusing them of conspiring with publishers, I apparently had missed that the state of Conn. is pursuing its own...
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My Sunday Morning Reading List
This Sunday morning finds me reorganizing my RSS feeds so I can make better use of the limited time I can devote to blogging. As I was getting caught up on the several thousand items in my RSS feed, I...
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Morning Coffee 18 January 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Who Killed Nordic Noir? (I don’t know who killed it but I do know a hard-bitten, divorced, ex-cop ex-drunk PI who can look into the matter for...
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Audible Will Soon Break Out Returns in ACX
Remember last November when author groups such as ALLi, SFWA, and The Authors Guild wrote an open letter to Amazon protesting Audible’s returns and exchange policies? We’re finally seeing some...
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Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Fell While the Funding Pool Grew in December 2020
Kindle Unlimited grew at a healthy clip in the last month of 2020. The funding pool grew by $800,000 over November 2020. The new total is $34 million, or about $8 million more than December 2019. At...
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Morning Coffee – 25 January 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Wattpad has been sold. Olivia Sudjic delves into how the web has changed the stories we can tell. Amazon is suing the EU for letting Italy launch...
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What is Your Favorite Feed Reader App?
Earlier today I set out to write a round up post on the topic of feed reader apps. I am trying to devote Sunday morning to staying in bed and catching up on my news feeds on my iPad, and I thought...
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Morning Coffee – 1 February 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. What do you think of this list of 16 SFF books that should be adapted for the screen? Meriam-Webster just added 520 words to the dictionary....
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B&N Press Announces a Flat 70% Royalty on eBook Sales
Barnes & Noble has always offered ebook royalty terms which were better than Amazon’s, and now they’re a lot better. I’ve just learned that B&N has changed its royalty terms. It used to pay...
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Big Five Publishers Names as Co-Defendants in Amazon eBook Price-Fixing Lawsuit
It took 3 weeks longer than I expected, but the Big Five Publishers have been named as co-defendants in the Amazon ebook price-fixing lawsuit. Following an amended complaint filed this week, the Big...
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Who Wants to Help Me Design the Website for an Online Book Fair?
Long time readers of this blog have probably noticed the sharp decline in new blog posts. Alas, my interests have shifted, and the following project is an example of why. I am currently designing a...
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Morning Coffee – 8 February 2020
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Reese Witherspoon’s book club is expanding from Instagram to an app. You gotta own your platform, folks. Victoria Strauss lists the ways you can...
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New Kobo eReader Clears the FCC, Has Bluetooth
Amazon may have put Kindle development on hold for the duration, but Kobo has not. A new Kobo ereader just showed up on the FCC website this morning. All of the photos have been embargoed, but I was...
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