HeyJaredDispatches from the Rare Book Trade
A periodic essay on rare books, bookselling, and book collecting, used as a hook to interest folks in my newly catalogued books.
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New Arrivals at Downtown Brown Books (opens the original)
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AI Is Literally Flushing Books Down the Toilet (opens the original)
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If you’ve wondered where books end up after they are cut up for AI scanning, I have the answer. A bookseller I know put a scanning device in a book. According to the Wall Street Journal, the book ended up in a paper recycling plant south of the border.The journal didn’t say what was made at the plant: post-consumer recycled toilet paper.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!07RA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressiv
AI Is Destroying Collectible Books (opens the original)
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NOTE: You can also read about:All the companies destructively scanning books for AI.How AI forgets most of the books it destroys;How books are ending up at a toilet paper factory in Mexico. An overview of A
AI Destroys Books and (Mostly) Forgets Them (opens the original)
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NOTE: You can also read about:How some destroyed books ended up at a toilet paper factory in Mexico;All the companies destroying books;How AI is consuming collectible and scarce books by the thousand.An overview of th
All the Companies Scanning Books for AI (opens the original)
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NOTE: You can also read about:How AI forgets most of the books it destroys;How AI is consuming collectible and scarce books by the thousands;How books are ending up at a toilet paper factory in Mexico. An overview of AI and d
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