Morning Coffee – 29 June 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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June 29, 2026

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Book Vault just launched a storefront where authors can sell POD books.
Nathan Bransford has some great advice on how authors should use social media. So do I, actually.
Winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been cleared of accusations that they used AI.
Here’s something for the word nerds: Bob Mayer posted a list of words that don’t mean what you think they do.
Kobo rejected 45% of all books submitted to kobo Writing Life last year because they were obviously AI-generated.

P.S. Next time you visit Wikipedia, can you do me a favor and let me know if you spot an article that needs to be updated? I am trying to flesh out my edit history so I can pick up paid work.

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