âMore than just objectsâ: Australian book sellers raise alarm over âhorrificâ destruction of rare titles to feed AI | TheBriefWire
âMore than just objectsâ: Australian book sellers raise alarm over âhorrificâ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Published 1 August 2026 ¡ india
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed âSometimes books tell you
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed âSometimes books tell you more than the content,â says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne Universityâs Wilson Hall.
Heâs preparing his stall for this weekendâs Melbourne Rare Book Fair. For people like White, who runs independent bookshop Books for Cooks, the book as
a physical object is just as important as whatâs inside it. Continue reading...
Published: August 2, 2026 ⢠1:30 AM IST ¡ Updated: August 2, 2026 ⢠2:08 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed âSometimes books tell you more than the content,â says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne Universityâs Wilson Hall.
Heâs preparing his stall for this weekendâs Melbourne Rare Book Fair.
For people like White, who runs independent bookshop Books for Cooks, the book as a physical object is just as important as whatâs inside it.
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