Morning Coffee – 13 July 2026

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 13, 2026

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Amazon is now paying a 70% royalty on ebooks priced up to $12.99 (the old limit was $9.99).
The LA Times raises concerns about fewer kids reading for pleasure.
Benjamin Hollon wants people to stop asking writers what they think about AI. I get asked that question, too; my answer is that I am more concerned about DIY platforms rendering me redundant, and that was already happening in some niches.
Anne R Allen shares ten tips for getting your guest blog post accepted.
Your book designer really wishes you’d stop messing with the formatting and just write the damned book. I have a similar issue with content given to me by clients; I usually have to strip out nearly all of the formatting and then redo it from scratch using the destination site’s formatting.

P.S. Next weekend I will be in Louisville for Imaginarium.

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