Monday Morning Coffee – 3 November 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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November 3, 2025

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

What have you heard about the A10 Algorithm that Amazon rolled out this summer?
Nathan Bransford explains the pitfalls with giving characters negative desires.
Jonathan Bailey shares how copyright has shaped Halloween.
Written Word Media has six tips for what authors should do after their promotional email goes out.
Here is the latest news on the piracy class action lawsuits against Anthropic and OpenAI.

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