Morning Coffee – 3 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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Morning Coffee

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August 4, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this morning.

New Hampshire governor vetoes a book ban bill.
Kobo just released a new screen reader feature in an optional update.
Book Riot goes deep on anti-book ban laws.
Robert Kingett is right when he points out that the real motivation behind AI-generated audiobooks is publishers not wanting to pay narrators.
Victoria Strauss has the latest word on scams targeting authors.

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