Sunday, December 14, 2025

New Puzzle: When will you be home?

New Sunday Cat Jigsaw Puzzle
Hint
Here's your new Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
 
At the puzzle site you can see the finished puzzle any time by clicking the square in the lower left corner.
 
Have fun with this one.
 
To do the puzzle tootle over to Jigsaw Puzzle 

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Free to Watch Classic Murder Mystery Movie: The Studio Murder

1929 murder mystery movie
I never get any of the popcorn.
If you've been waiting for today's murder mystery movie,  Panzer found one on the Wm. Thomas Sherman channel on Youtube.
 
 The Studio Murder is a 1929 black and white murder mystery. It's 1 hour 3 minutes long.
 
Make some popcorn, grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the movie.
 
To watch the movie tootle over to Classic Murder Mystery Movie 

Free to Listen to Contemporary Romance Audiobook: My Brother's Grumpy Best Friend

Clean, sweet, contemporary romance
Not finished for the day yet.
If you like contemporary sweet romances, Panzer found this one on the author's channel on Youtube.
 
The clean romance My Brother's Grumpy Best Friend is written by Abby Greyson. It's 4 hours 13 minutes long.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle overe to Clean Contemporary Romance

Free to Listen to Mystery Audiobook:Agatha Raisin and the Cantankerous Choir

Free to Listen to Mystery Audiobook: Agatha Raisin and the Cantankerous Choir
Off to find something else for you.
Panzer found this mystery audiobook on the author's channel on Youtube.
 
Agatha Raisin and the Cantankerous Choir is written by M.C. Beaton. It's 2 hours 17 minute long.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Mystery Audiobook 

Friday, December 12, 2025

Kindle's New Gen AI Powered "Ask The Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware (R)

Kindle will have new AI powered feature
Amazon is always doing something.
Panzer found this post about a new Kindle AI feature. 
 
If you're an author you should read Victoria Strauss' post so you're updated.
 
To read the post tootle over to Kindle's AI Powered Feature 

Free to Listen Mysteryrat"s Maze Podcast Episode: All Is Bright:

Mystery short story episode on the Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast
I'm sure I can find more.
For the short mystery fans here Panzer went to the Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast for this episode
 
All is Bright is written by Merrilee Robson. It's read by Larry Mattoz and 17 minutes long including the intro.
 
To listen to the episode tootle over to Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast

Free to Listen to Historical Romance Audiobook: A Spinster at the Court

medieval romance set in Scotland highlands
I'm a cat. I get bored sometimes.

Panzer wanted a change of pace today, so he found this romance on the Literary Sound channel.
 
The medieval romance A Spinster at the Highland Court is set in Scotland. It's written by Celeste Barclay and 7 hours 10 minutes long.
 
Note: The description says it's a steamy romance.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Romance Audiobook 

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Storytel Adds English Audiobook Sales to Streaming Platform - Publishers Weekly

Storytel Adds English Audiobook sales
That's an interesting announcement.
Panzer's next stop was at the Publishers Weekly site. There with no digging at all in the posts he found one about Storytel.
 
According to Ed Nawotka's post, Storytel is adding individual English language audiobooks for sale on the streaming platform. The post includes links, one of which goes to the Storytel site and the announcement.
 
Panzer says, "Hmm ... Does this mean no translations needed?"
 
Note:This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin to snack on.
 
To read the post tootle over to Storytel 

Nominations Open for the PublisHer Excellence Awards - Publishing Perspectives

Nominations are open for the PublisHer Excellence Awards
There's not that much time so you better hurry.
Panzer stopped in at the Publishing Perspectives site today. There our traveling kitty boy found a post for women publishers.
 
According to Erin L. Cox's post, nominations are now open for the PublisHer Excellence Awards for women publishers. There are three categories and all nominations must be submitted by January 12.
 
Panzer says,"Women can nominate themselves for the awards."
 
Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) to snack on.
 
To read the post tootle over to Nominations 

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

India proposes charging OpenAI, Google for training AI on copyrighted content - TechCrunch

 
India want to collect royalties from AI companies for copyrighted content used for training LLMs
How much content did they take from India?
Panzer found an interesting post about OpenAI and Google at the TechCrunch site today.
 
According Jagmeet Singh's post, India wants to collect royalties from AI companies that do business in the country. The money would then be given to the creators of the content used by AI companies. There is however already pushback in the country.
 
Panzer says, "It looks like a good idea to this little kitty."
 
Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what you want to snack oin.
 
To read the post tootle over to India 

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