Monday Morning Coffee – 19 January 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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Morning Coffee

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January 19, 2026

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Bookbub has a great list of news sources for authors.
Poet Dylan Thomas is famous for “Do not go gentle into that good night”, but did you know he also plagiarized as many as 2 dozen poems?
Writer Beware’s 2025 Year in Review post is a great way to make sure you didn’t miss any new scams that cropped up last year.
Written Word Media has a post on how you can get organized for the coming year.

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