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11 best epub reading apps for Windows 10 PCs

Epub is the standard ebook format that was jointly created by the publishing industry and is now being developed together with other web standards. Amazon Kindle is the major exception that … Read >

Artificial intelligence -powered writing and answering machine GPT-2 is good in some cases

openai gpt-2 text generator

Artificial intelligence (AI) software technology is a hot development target that is already being applied to many daily tasks. We have heard about self-driving cars, automatic face recognition, simple online customer service duties, and many other tasks where AI is used today, but for some reason, writing is one of … Read >

Apps for writers and everyone else who wants to customize keys on a Windows PC keyboard

sharpkeys keyboard key mapping tool

If a computer keyboard is your most frequently used tool, you probably have thought about changing the values of some keys, or would like to have a key combination that types a frequently used phrase. Utilities like the simple and easy to use SharpKeys and power tool AutoHotkey can help … Read >

Ebook news digest: Internet improves writing, travel can be political, two approaches to travel writing

Tavira, Portugal: a non-digital nomad in a park
A writer taking notes in a park in Algarve, Portugal

News on ebooks, writing and self-publishing

Is the Internet Making Writing Better?

The New Yorker examines linguist Gretchen McCulloch’s new book “Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language”. The review concludes: Yes, the internet is making writing better.

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The biggest publisher in the world changes its strategy to focus on digital products

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The biggest book publisher in the world (also the biggest textbook publisher), Pearson Plc, has confirmed that the future of textbooks is digital.

In July 2019, Pearson announced that all the published textbooks will be digital first in the US market. The company has 1500 textbook titles in the US … Read >