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I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires) | Jane Friedman ( janefriedman.com )

tl;dr Books, most likely generated by an LLM, were being sold on Amazon under Jane Friedman’s name. The same books were added to her Goodreads profile. Amazon initially refused to remove the books. If it’s happening to her, it’s definitely happening to other authors.

Hey, I host a lemmy instance focused on books and reading (and all the communities that fall under that umbrella) ( literature.cafe )

cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/349464...

What are you reading? (August 2023)

Hey Beehaw (and friends)! What’re you reading?...

Project Gutenberg - huge library of free ebooks ( www.gutenberg.org )

Probably the best source of non-copyrighted literature on the planet, imho, and a necessary bookmark for any lit addict

Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science ( theconversation.com )

New app helps US teens read banned books ( www.theguardian.com )

“The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is trying to fight back. It recently launched the Banned Book Program, granting free nationwide access to books restricted in schools or libraries....

'It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads? ( www.theguardian.com )

Hopefully. Join Bookwyrm!

For John Green, the Battle Over Access to Books Has Gotten Personal ( www.nytimes.com )

NYT gift article expires in 30 days....

My reading spot for the weekend ( beehaw.org )

The Essential Ursula K. Le Guin ( www.nytimes.com )

NYT gift article expires in 30 days....

The Curious Case of Abortion in Science Fiction ( strangehorizons.com )

How Much Does It Cost to Open a Bookstore? | Book Riot ( bookriot.com )

What are you reading?

Hey Beehaw (and friends)! What’re you reading?...

Top 10 books about solitary living ( www.theguardian.com )

A poet’s ground-level account of the collapse of Uyghur society ( wapo.st )

In ‘Waiting to be Arrested at Night,’ Tahir Hamut Izgil mourns a world of loved ones and letters lost...

I read before bed but am unsure if I should be using a no back light Kindle or if the Kindle app on my iPhone is ok? Anyone have experience with sleeping quality after reading using either of these?

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Emily Dickinson's grave at West Cemetery ( beehaw.org )

Utopia or dystopia? In these books, it’s complicated. ( wapo.st )

These new science fiction and fantasy novels from S.L. Huang, Temi Oh, Kiersten White and others challenge our understanding of what the good life entails...

Booksellers sue over Texas law requiring them to rate books for appropriateness ( www.texastribune.org )

Looking for contemporary uruguayan poetry to read

Hi, I read a lot of poetry in several different languages and for a while now I’ve been looking for poetry (preferably in Spanish) by contemporary uruguayan poets. I’ve read a lot of dead uruguayan poets, but I would like to get a better understanding for what is out there that is more current. I wonder if anybody has any...

Public libraries are the latest front in culture war battle over books ( www.washingtonpost.com )

“I knew these books were coming into the library, and I just hadn’t had time to research it. I finally got the time back at the end of January,” Egger said. He added that he knows about the industry from having owned a bookstore years ago. “It’s been a huge push from the publishers and the librarians to get these books...

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