The Author Website Guy. Manager of #socialmedia and #newsletters. Member @EFAFreelancer he/him
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Hey everyone,
If anyone needs help with their website or with other tech, I have time in my schedule and I could use the work.
Thanks,
Nate
Wikipedia has a serious issue when it comes to "notability". I get that they want to limit their site to important topics, but that term is so vague that determining a subject's notability really comes down to Wiki editor politics.
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Why do publishers struggle to make debuts a hit? (This week in books)
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hey @JohnGrisham, did you know some asshole is using your name on spam emails?
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of the Week 10/26/26-10/30/26
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Over on Bluesky John Scalzi shared the contract language he uses to prevent publishers from feeding his work into AI.
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Why is everyone reading the same books? (This week in books)
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Nate Hoffelder, web designer retweeted
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
I will never not be confused by a FB group about a con where the mods will only allow you to post about the con, and not about things the con attendees would be interested in.
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of the Week 10/19/26-10/23/26
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The Kindle Android app now accepts hand written notes.
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Weekly News: 26th October 2026
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Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+, and now it comes with AI audiobooks.
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One problem with flying to conferences is that I inevitably end up with even more books than I started with. This is bad because then I have to carry them back to the airport.
THIS TIME AROUND, I DIDN'T EVEN VISIT ANY BOOKSTORES, AND IT STILL HAPPENED, FOR PETE'S SAKE.
Here are a few reasons why you shouldn't worry too much about this week's PHP news.
1, that issue needs to be solved on the server level by hosting companies. It's not something that a website can fix too fix.
2, it is such a serious issue that almost every hosting company dealt with it in a few hours.
3, even in a worst case scenario, so long as you took basic steps like making sure you have daily backups of your website, it is really not that hard to de-hack your website.
Weekly News: 19th October 2026
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Calibre now has decent sounding text to speech functions.
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