Monday Morning Coffee – 16 October 2023

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.



Morning Coffee



October 16, 2023

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Here’s a fascinating trip down a rabbit hole on the topic of the word “Ye”, and the letter thorn.
Ken Whyte explains how books are sold in legacy publishing.
Kate McKean has advice on choosing comps (comparable titles).
Someone used ChatGPT to finish the Game of Thrones series. (hey, it doesn’t look like George will get around to it, so why not let the AI have a shot?)
Kristin Lamb shares 13 reasons why authors are easily mistaken for serial killers.

Stay on Top of Industry News

Subscribe to my mailing list to receive a weekly newsletter containing links to 6 to 8 stories and other interesting tools I found, plus some commentary to explain the context.

Plus, I'll send you a lead magnet design guide, a media kit template, as well as other freebies.

Hi, I'm Nate.

I build and fix websites for authors, and I am also a tech VA. I can build you a website that looks great and turns visitors into fans, and I can also fix your tech when it breaks. Let me fight with tech support so you don’t have to.

My blog has everything you need to know about websites and online services. Don’t see what you need. or want personalized help? Reach out.

Learn More about Me

← Prev: Monday Morning Coffee - 9 October 2023 Next: Morning Coffee - 23 October 2023 →

Monday Morning Coffee – 15 April 2024

Apr 15, 2024

Here are a few stories to read on Tax day. Facebook thought about buying Simon & Schuster to feed its AI, but then...

Monday Morning Coffee – 8 April 2024

Apr 8, 2024

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Amazon has announced that they will not be raising their printing...

Morning Coffee – 1 April 2024

Apr 1, 2024

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Oxford English Dictionary just added 23 Japanese words. Chinese...

1 Comment

James V Viscosi on October 16, 2023 at 2:38 pm

Apparently the programmer who used ChatGPT to write the conclusion to “A Song of Ice and Fire” has pulled the project after being referenced in the author lawsuit against ChatGPT. The links to the text in the article now return 404s. Here’s the statement he replaced the ChatGPT text with:

“I am just now learning that I was mentioned in a legal document pertaining to the OpenAI lawsuit. I have removed the project from GitHub. Should any of George R. R. Martin’s representatives wish to reach out, my contact info remains available.”

Kinda too bad, I was curious to see it. Sounds like it wasn’t as humorously awful as the Harry Potter AI-generated story about the “large pile of ash” from a while ago …
Reply

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

[mfe_send_fox title=”Can I send you my website toolkit?” body=”

I’ve compiled a list of resources, services, and products you can use to build a website. Let me send it to you.

” list=”245728″ label_name=”Name” check_last_name=”off” body_text_align=”center” layout=”top_bottom” first_name_fullwidth=”off” email_fullwidth=”off” _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Playfair Display||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.5em” background_color=”#22262d” background_layout=”light” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” after_submit=”2″ show_message=”Thanks! You’re going to get a confirmation email in about a minute, and as soon as you open that and click the link, you’ll get another email with a link to the toolkit.” sticky_enabled=”0″ _i=”0″ _address=”4.0.0.0″ /]