When I am not building and fixing author websites, I make things like badge ribbons, bookmarks, event badges, and (lately) centerpieces. https://natehoffelder.com/ formerly: https://x.com/inkbitspixels #actuallyautistic he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mlke34j7xr25A new class action piracy lawsuit has been filed against Facebook. https://publishers.org/news/publishers-and-authors-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-meta-and-zuckerberg-for-willful-copyright-infringement-to-develop-llama-ai-models/a11 May 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlke34j7xr25https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mlkdyafjvj2qA new class action piracy lawsuit has been filed against Facebook. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/04/some-students-believe-they-can-be-writers-without-reading-this-raises-many-questions/11 May 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkdyafjvj2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mlkdvswshy2xSarah Moss writes about students who want to be writers without first becoming readers. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/04/some-students-believe-they-can-be-writers-without-reading-this-raises-many-questions/11 May 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkdvswshy2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mlkdktx3e22xThe Auteur is an E-ink word processor similar to the Freewrite. It's just gone up for crowdfunding. https://liliputing.com/auteur-is-an-e-ink-typewriter-with-a-mechanical-keyboard-crowdfunding/11 May 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkdktx3e22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mlkdiioeha24Here are two new AI-driven impersonation scams to avoid. https://writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/book-festival-scams-interview-fakes-two-new-ai-driven-impersonation-scams-to-avoid/11 May 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkdiioeha24https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mljzw4mjsz2xFriday’s Endnotes – 05/08/26 https://www.copyhype.com/2026/05/fridays-endnotes-05-08-26/11 May 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljzw4mjsz2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mljzr5x57x2kWeekly News: 4th May 2026 https://authorhelp.uk/weekly-news-27th-april-2026-2/11 May 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljzr5x57x2khttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvm24sk7h2xFollowing in the footsteps of bad ideas like ebook apps, ebooks with audio/video, and Google's Editions at Play, the startup Character.AI is turning public domain titles into interactive text games. blog.character.ai/cai-books/ https://blog.character.ai/cai-books/02 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvm24sk7h2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvl5vwifl2aThe American Library Association of the 11 most banned books from 2025. https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top1002 May 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvl5vwifl2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvize54wc2xHere are some tips which can help you figure out why your reader magnet is not converting. https://blog.bookfunnel.com/2026/why-your-reader-magnet-isnt-converting-and-how-to-fix-it/02 May 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvize54wc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvhexkcmu25Amazon has changed the royalty model for ACX. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/100278-audible-updates-royalty-plan-for-acx-authors.html https://help.acx.com/s/article/audible-s-new-royalty-model02 May 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvhexkcmu25https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvh64dg2c2kQuestions are being raised whether a non-verbal autistic author actually wrote the book bearing his name. (paywalled, try Instapaper) https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/04/who-really-wrote-autistic-author-woody-brown-novel/686814/02 May 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvh64dg2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvgiksy6623Amazon has dropped support for 14 year old kindles. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/starting-in-may-pre-2013-kindles-wont-be-able-to-buy-or-download-new-books/02 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvgiksy6623https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvfsbiidu2iThe only thing more ridiculous than the claim that the London Museum stole the design for its new logo is the actual design of the logo itself (no one would steal a design that stupid) looking. https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/04/30/the-porcelain-pigeon-poop-plagiarism-pickle/02 May 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvfsbiidu2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvfk33bko26Weekly News: 27th April 2026 https://authorhelp.uk/weekly-news-27th-april-2026/02 May 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvfk33bko26https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvfj2mjh22oTop 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 4/20-4/24 https://publishingtrends.com/2026/04/top-5-publishing-articles-blogs-posts-of-the-week-4-20-4-24/02 May 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvfj2mjh22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvfhrpyom23Amazon bricks old Kindles (This week in books) https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2026/05/amazon-bricks-old-kindles-this-week-in-books02 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvfhrpyom23https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkvfbw4cac2oFriday’s Endnotes – 05/01/26 https://www.copyhype.com/2026/05/fridays-endnotes-05-01-26/02 May 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvfbw4cac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkelk6ajvi26BookFunnel now supports media file downloads. https://blog.bookfunnel.com/2026/more-than-books-introducing-multimedia-uploads/26 Apr 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkelk6ajvi26https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkelgxbxsf23A British author turned down a $175,000 prize because of the media commitments. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/helen-dewitt-author-turn-down-prize-publishing-fiction26 Apr 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkelgxbxsf23https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkelcwl3kf2aFriday’s Endnotes – 04/24/26 https://www.copyhype.com/2026/04/fridays-endnotes-04-24-26/26 Apr 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkelcwl3kf2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkel3j7g4y24Jonathan Bailey explains why he added an AI disclosure to his website. https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/04/13/why-im-adding-an-ai-disclosure-to-my-site/26 Apr 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkel3j7g4y24https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkeftevvqx23Ugh, Amazon is now offering to automatically translate your ebooks from English to German. https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Translation-from-English-to-German-now-available-for-Kindle-Translate?language=en_US26 Apr 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeftevvqx23https://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkefpytrqr2xBarnes & Noble announced policy changes for their self-pub unit, including a new limit of 100 titles per account, no public domain titles, and a minimum retail price for print books. https://x.e.barnesandnoble.com/ats/msg.aspx?sg1=4ff2fcd615b409105490b0f4815e271e7a4e6fc79ad2a9a1ebe27850e5993d26&pi=HB5SPJujWEkp7g-ashCPWq7l1ehBnzqw4GuAkQs4MzA26 Apr 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkefpytrqr2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkefjl7hoq2hDraft2Digital is now going to charge an account setup fee, and a maintenance fee on low revenue accounts. (Given the number of unprofitable accounts they took on from Smashwords, I am surprised it took them this long.) https://draft2digital.com/blog/understanding-d2ds-activation-and-maintenance-fees/26 Apr 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkefjl7hoq2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mkefe6pit22gWeekly News: 20th April 2026 https://authorhelp.uk/weekly-news-20th-april-2026/26 Apr 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkefe6pit22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mke5qqb6wi2jWeekly News: 13th April 2026 https://authorhelp.uk/weekly-news-13th-april-2026/25 Apr 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke5qqb6wi2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mke5onpche2kFriday’s Endnotes – 04/17/26 https://www.copyhype.com/2026/04/fridays-endnotes-04-17-26/25 Apr 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke5onpche2khttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mjcuigwrp72hBookFunnel explains why authors need more than one lead magnet. https://blog.bookfunnel.com/2026/why-every-author-needs-more-than-one-reader-magnet/12 Apr 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcuigwrp72hhttps://bsky.app/profile/natehoffelder.com/post/3mjcugok4oq2xAmazon is ending support for Kindles more than 13 years old. https://liliputing.com/amazon-is-ending-support-for-kindle-devices-from-2012-and-earlier/12 Apr 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ei24lzhs334od6pb6f77g2ft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcugok4oq2x