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A series of unfortunate salaries: Maris Kreizman on fighting the publishing industry’s elitism ► LitHub ► 7/1/25

Can Kindle unlimited survive AI? ► BookRiot ► 6/30/25

Meta is being incredibly sketchy about training its AI on your private photos ► Futurism ► 6/30/25

Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature ► Nature ► 6/30/25

I’m getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn’t have AI crap in it ► Aftermath ► 6/30/25

9 things that make English particularly “weird” among the world’s languages ► Upworthy ► 6/30/25

A Harvard professor breaks down the real rules of writing ► No Film School 6/30/25

In Mexico, buses-turned-bookshops improve access to reading ► Courthouse News Service ► 6/30/25

Want to narrate an audiobook? The job is tougher than you think ► KCRW ► 6/30/25

AI-generated “experts” writing for online magazines ► The Times ► 6/29/25

Julia Whelan is the voice of the summer: Meet the narrator of your favorite bestsellers ► USA Today ► 6/29/25How to overcome writer’s block – for good this time ► Vice ► 6/29/25

Marginalia can sometimes add great value to a book ► The Telegraph ► 6/29/25

Readers flock to fantasy and dark romance love stories ► NPR ► 6/29/25

The AI backlash keeps growing stronger ► Wired ► 6/28/25

“AI” director Steven Spielberg opposed to using AI in front of the camera ► Economic Times ► 6/28/25

“We need to reclaim these words”: Inside England’s first romance-only bookshop catering to record levels of popularity ► The Guardian ► 6/28/25

Meta and Anthropic cases make AI copyright even more complicated ► The Verge ► 6/28/25

AI might undermine one of the better alternatives to the Kindle ► Engadget ► 6/28/25

Is the decline of reading poisoning our politics? ► Your brain isn’t what it used to be ► Vox ► 6/27/25

Why oppressive fictional societies suppress reading – and how they mirror our current culture ► Book Riot ► 6/27/25

Leila Mottley wonders if you can truly write a place you’ve never been ► LitHub ► 6/27/25

Two San Francisco bookstores are taking Harry Potter off the shelves ► LitHub ► 6/27/25

Against AI: An open letter from writers to publishers ► LitHub ► 6/27/25

The courts just made our libraries sitting ducks for AI plundering ► LitHub ► 6/27/25

Record number of bookshops take part in Independent Bookshop Week as indies see surge in sales ► The Bookseller ► 6/27/25

Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge writes roadmap for authors’ revenge ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/26/25

Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says ► ArsTechnica ► 6/26/25

Judge tosses authors’ AI training copyright lawsuit against Meta ► PBS ► 6/26/25

Independent publishers are fed up with Barnes & Noble ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/26/25

Two judges, same district, opposite conclusions: the messy reality of AI training copyright cases ► TechDirt ► 6/26/25

AI can measure our cultural history. But is it accurate? ► Science News ► 6/26/25

Is “funner” a word? Let’s settle the debate ► MSN ► 6/26/25

Children are much better at learning language than AI ► Earth ► 6/26/25

A real issue: video game developers are being accused of using AI – even when they aren’t ► The Guardian ► 6/26/26

Does using artificial intelligence ruin your actual intelligence? Scientists investigated ► Sciene Alert ► 6/26/25

In a first-of-its-kind decision, an AI company wins a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors ► NPR ► 6/25/25

Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models ► Ars Technica ► 6/25/25

The end of publishing as we know it: Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media ► The Atlantic ► 6/25/25

Meet Booktrovert, the new bookish platform looking to slay both the BookTok algorithm and Goodreads ► The Popverse ► 6/25/25

Why a new Texas law worries anime and manga fans in the state ► Marketplace ► 6/25/25

How generative AI is changing the way we write and speak ► The Week ► 6/25/25

Portland Tribune to stop publishing print edition, trim staff ► OPB ► 6/25/25

AI will make you a dumber writer, says science. LitHub ► 6/24/25

AI fatigue is real, and it’s costing brands more than engagement ► Martech ► 6/23/25

Reading skills – and struggles – manifest earlier than thought ► The Harvard Gazette ► 6/23/25

Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated ► The Bookseller ► 6/24/25

John Oliver on AI slop: “Some of this stuff is potentially very dangerous ► The Guardian ► 6/23/25

“One kid at a time”: how children’s books on male friendship could combat toxic masculinity ► The Guardian ► 6/23/25

Has AI come for romantasy novels already? ► Jezebel ► 6/23/25

Recalculating the costs and benefits of Gen AI ► Harvard Business Review ► 6/23/25

Not reading or writing would be unthinkable ► The Times ► 6/23/25

Fanfiction writers battle AI, one scrape at a time ► The Verge ► 6/23/25

Is AI a con? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist ► The Conversation ► 6/23/25

7 security risks you need to know when using AI for work ► Mashable ► 6/23/25

LinkedIn CEO says AI writing assistant is not as popular as expected ► TechCrunch ► 6/22/25

AI hallucinates more frequently as it gets more advances – is they any way to stop it from happening, and should we even try? ► Live Science ► 6/21/25

The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs ► The Verge ► 6/21/25

The internet of agents is rising fat, and publishers are nowhere near ready ► Fast Company ► 6/23/25

BBC threatens AI firm Perplexity with legal action over unauthorized use of news content ► Business Matters ► 6/23/25

The perfect man exists. He’s called a “book boyfriend.” ► The Washington Post ► 6/21/25

Silent Book Club is an introvert’s paradise – celebrating 10 years of the popular reading community ► People ► 6/21/25

Handsome princes and horny dragons: the rise of romantasy ► The Observer ► 6/21/25

“Not just smut”: Why it’s happily ever after for romance books ► BBC ► 6/20/25

Pep talks that I give authors that I will now give to myself ► LitHub ► 6/20/25

Researchers scanned the brains of ChatGPT users and found something deeply alarming ► Neoscope ► 6/20/25

ChatGPT use linked to cognitive decline, research reveals ► The Independent ► 6/20/25

New data reveals AI use has doubled in the last two years, Gallup ► HR Brew ► 6/20/25

Are we actually that good at detecting AI-generated content? ► Verdict ► 6/20/25

Pope: Intelligence is seeking life’s true meaning, not having reams of data ► United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ► 6/20/25

Pope Leo issues stark warning about AI’s effects on children ► The Independent ► 6/20/25

Kate McKean on the nuts and bolts of the query letter ► LitHub ► 6/20/25

Here’s why AI-generated images fool you – and how to spot them ► Honolulu Civil Beat ► 6/20/25

BT and Vodafone tech bosses troubled by dark side of AI ► Light Reading ► 6/20/25

Unbound Pages: Authors Against Book Bans fights for the freedom to read ► GBH ► 6/20/25

What happens if the AI copyright class actions settle? ► Authors Alliance ► 6/20/20

Bartz v. Anthropic: Class certification at issue for book authors in AI copyright litigation ► Authors Alliance ► 6/18/20

How will AI change the novel? ► The Bookseller ► 6/20/25

News corp bets big on AI tools but journalists voice concerns ► The Guardian ► 6/19/25

Do AI tools undermine our sense of creativity? New study says yes ► Psy Post ► 6/19/25

This is your brain on ChatGPT: lower neural interconnectivity and “soulless” work ► IFL Science ► 6/19/25

Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT boffins find ► The Register ► 6/18/25

“It destroys the purpose of humanity”: Customers are saying no to AI ► The Washington Post ► 6/18/25

ChatGPT may be eroding critical thinking skills, according to a new MIT study ► Time ► 6/17/25

What’s happening to reading? For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end. ► The New Yorker ► 6/17/25

The launch of ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atomic weapons tests ► The Register ► 6/15/25

The unmaking of the historical romance genre ► Book Riot ► 6/19/25

Books about books: why we write them and why we read them ► CrimeReads ► 6/19/25

Authors are posting TikToks to protest AU use in writing – and to prove they aren’t doing it ► Wired ► 6/18/25

Keeping kids engaged with summer reading ► Harvard Graduate School of Education ► 6/18/25

Could the semicolon die out? Recent analysis finds a decline in its usage in British literature and confusion among U.K. students ► Smithsonian Magazine ► 6/17/25

Why read: seven books about our passion and need for reading ► LitHub ► 6/18/25

Psychology says preferring books over people a subtle sign of these 7 personality characteristics ► VegOut ► 6/18/25

Study: ChatGPT’s creativity gap ► Axios ► 6/18/25

Forthcoming Supreme Court ruling could have chilling effect on public education and publishing ► School Library Journal ► 6/17/25

Amazon boss says AI will replace jobs at tech giant ► BBC ► 6/17/25

If we let AI tell our stories, we’ll be lost in the dark ► Time ► 6/17/25

Sustainable storytelling: This new children’s book is made from coffee cup waste ► ASI Central ► 6/17/25

Why romance fiction is booming and what keeps readers coming back for more ► NPR ► 6/17/25

Grammar Girl lays out new AP style rules for X, AI and more ► PR Daily ► 6/17/25

Grammarly looks to evolve into an always-on desktop AI agent ► Computerworld ► 6/17/25

Comic book artist says AI is “threat to livelihood” BBC ► 6/17/25

“It opened up something in me”: why people are turning to bibliotherapy ► BBC ► 6/17/25

What good is fiction? ► AEI ► 6/16/25

Children’s Institute 2025: “More important now than ever” ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/16/25

Why AI has a big branding problem ► Fast Company ► 6/16/25

Advanced AI suffers “complete accuracy collapse” in face of complex problems, study finds ► The Guardian ► 6/9/25

In praise of pulp fiction, bodice rippers, and beach reads ► Garden & Gun (don’t let the name put you off!) ► June/July 2025

10 things successful people always do in their free time, according to psychology ► Veg Out ► 6/16/25

Friction is the point: what AI will never understand about being human ► Forbes ► 6/15/25

The internet is sharing all the things AI has absolutely ruined, and we’re basically living in a “Black Mirror” episode ► Buzzfeed ► 6/14/25

Digital disconnect: Google’s AI overview is eating the news industry alive, one search at a time ► MSN ► 6/13/25

People don’t realize Meta’s AI app is publicly blasting their humiliating secrets to the world ► Futurism ► 6/14/25

Indonesia’s stunning micro-libraries attract young readers with fun-filled architecture ► Good News Network ► 6/13/25

Wikipedia pauses AI summary experiment after editors say it “would de immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source” ► PC Gamer ► 6/13/25

Is AI the reason for your layoff? New York becomes the first state to require companies to disclose if so ► Entrepreneur ► 6/13/25

Why AI is forcing music fans to confront uncomfortable truths ► The Indiependent ► 6/13/25

AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks ► AP ► 6/12/25

This MAGA-led California city council just lost its fight on banned books ► SFGate ► 6/12/25

Motion picture sound editors first Hollywood group to say no to awards for AI movies ► Hollywood Reporter ► 6/12/25

Judge denies preliminary injunction in ALA v. Sonderling IMLS case ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/9/25

Ellen Oh reflects on 10 years of We Need Diverse Books ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/12/25

A satirical article said Cape Breton has its own time zone. Google and Meta AI repeated it as fact ► CBC ► 6/12/25

How voice actors talk ► SBS ► 6/12/25

The seven deadly tells of AI writing ► Forbes ► 6/12/25

Made by humans: the next badge of trust for brands ► The AI Journal ► 6/11/25

A classroom full of typewriters gets the ultimate reward – letters from Tom Hanks ► CBS News ► 6/11/25

“This is coming for everyone”: a new kind of AI bot takes over the web ► The Washington Post ► 6/11/25

Artists are using poisoned pixel cloaks to protect their art from AI ► Scilogs Spektrum ► 6/11/25

Pupils at small Fife school launch an outdoor reading café to inspire love of books ► Fife Today ► 6/11/25

Why do kids love reading the same book over and over? Child development experts explain ► Popular Science ► 6/11/25

AI summaries replace clicks leaving news sites with fewer readers and less income ► Digital Information World ► 6/11/25

From “Google Zero” to AI theft: how artificial intelligence is gutting the news industry ► Editor and Publisher ► 6/11/25

Disney and Universal team up to sue AI photo generator Midjourney, claiming copyright infringement ► CNN ► 6/11/25

How the Disney-Midjourney lawsuit could reshape the battle over AI and copyright ► Time ► 6/11/25

How Disney’s AI lawsuit could shift the future of entertainment ► The Washington Post ► 6/11/25

The Stage and The Bookseller launch audio storytelling award The Speakies ► The Stage ► 6/11/25

AI refusal in libraries: a starter guide ► ACRLog ► 6/11/25

Is “immersive reading” the ideal new way to experience books? ► The Globe and Mail ► 6/10/25

Toward a realpolitik for AI ► Public Books ► 6/10/25

Will the fear of being confused for AI mean that we will now write differently? ► 3 Quarks Daily ► 6/10/25

AI may be quicker, but it is no replacement for the creative process ► FT Adviser ► 6/11/25

BookTok increases reading, brings community to Generation Z ► The Daily Tar Heel ► 6/11/25

From page to popularity: BookTok’s role in shaping literary culture ► The Indiependent ► 6/10/25

Meta’s AI memorized books verbatim – that could cost it billions ► New Scientist ► 6/10/25

These bookstores exclusively sell romance novels in Toronto ► Your City Within ► 6/10/25

Getty Images faces off against Stability in court as first major AI copyright trial begins ► PetaPixel ► 6/10/25

Protests against artificial intelligence use in the industry planned at Annecy Animation Festival ► Animation Magazine ► 6/10/25

Who owns what? When copyright becomes the battleground of creativity ► Access Partnership ► 6/10/25

Oregon “freedom to read” library bill heads to governor’s desk ► Oregon Capital Chronicle ► 6/9/25

My top 3 distraction-free writing apps that helped me write dozens of novels ► ZDNet ► 6/9/25

Anthropic’s AI-generated blog dies an early death ► TechCrunch ► 6/9/25

Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed ► The Conversation ► 6/9/25

Japan government outlines plan to revitalize bookstores ► Asia News Network ► 6/10/25

The broken midlist: why it’s harder than ever to be a “moderately successful” author ► Arts Hub ► 6/10/25

Academic publishers sign AI deals as Trump cuts research funding ► Mint ► 6/10/25

What makes a perfect beach read? Your brain knows the answer ► NBC Right Now ► 6/9/25

The world’s first literacy-themed gas stations launch a summer reading adventure for kids ► CBS 42 ► 6/9/25

AI companies used 130,000 film and TV scripts to train generative models ► PetaPixel ► 6/9/25

Outsourcing intelligence: the silent cost of seamless AI ► Forbes ► 6/9/25

The inability to read for leisure disease ► The Oxford Blue ► 6/9/25

AI versus first jobbers: Here are six tips for bright young students as AI threatens entry-level jobs ► The Economic Times ► 6/8/25

The best apps for reading, tracking and listening to books ► Engadget ► 6/8/25

How does ChatGPT know so much about everything? Here’s where AI gets its knowledge from ► Tech Radar ► 6/7/25

Navigating AI-generated literature ► Pen City Current ► 6/9/25

AI industry alert: Geoffrey Hinton denounces fraudulent “Modern AI Revolution” book on Amazon ► Blockchain News ► 6/8/25

Politico’s AI tool spits out made-up slop, union says ► Semafor ► 6/8/25

AI is making friends with out children and it’s terrifying ► The Independent ► 6/8/25

Books.by launches self-publishing platform offering authors 100% royalties and complete sales transparency ► Big News Network ► 6/7/25

A novelist interviews his AI replacement ► The Dallas Morning News ► 6/7/25

Copyright and generative AI ► The Regulatory Review ► 6/7/25

A British publisher has stopped paying its writers royalties, and one author is responding by telling fans to stop buying her books ► The Popverse ► 6/7/25

Why we won’t use generative AI at Northern Express ► Northern Express ► 6/7/25

Between innovation and imitation: rethinking creativity with AI ► London Daily News ► 6/7/25

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairy low-drama. Not anymore ► NPR ► 6/6/25

What is Agentic AI? Everything to know about artificial intelligence agents ► CNET ► 6/6/25

AI disrupting entry-level job market for college graduates: report ► News Nation ► 6/6/25

Grab a drink at a silent book club speakeasy with Detroit bookstore Alcott’s Attic ► USA Today ► 6/6/25

International Coalition of Worker Unions declares emergency over AI use in animation ► Cartoon Brew ► 6/6/25

Librarians, teachers and others plan day of action to fight book bans and preserve history ► USA Today ► 6/6/25

UK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI ► The Guardian ► 6/6/25

The fine art of bad writing ► LA Review of Books ► 6/5/25

Writing as play: engaging elementary students ► Literacy Worldwide ► 6/5/25

How AI could reshape the path to professional mastery­­­­­­ ► No Jitter ► 6/5/25

Holding the pen in the age of prompts ► The Pioneer ► 6/6/25

Book bans erode empathy, something we desperately need more of ► Maine Morning Star ► 6/6/25

A neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to “understand” language ► The Conversation ► 6/5/25

AI firms say they can’t respect copyright. These researchers tried ► The Washington Post ► 6/5/25

New York, the world’s most linguistically diverse metropolis ► Columbia News ► 6/5/25

It’s peak A-level season, but AI is stealing young people’s futures before they have even started ► The Independent ► 6/5/25

Enjoy “AI slop” summer. What’s coming next is worse ► Fast Company ► 6/5/25

English-speaking countries more nervous about rise of AI, polls suggest ► The Guardian ► 6/5/25

Circana cites “dark romance” growing in US market ► Publishing Perspectives ► 6/5/25

Experts debate the use of AI in the music industry ► The Weekly Journal ► 6/5/25

Artists who use AI betray their peers and, ultimately, themselves ► The Daily ► 6/5/25

Strategic silencing: how censorship is reshaping scholarly discourse ► Times Higher Education ► 6/5/25

There are too many books: What happened to publishing’s summer break? ► 6/5/25

Ask a book editor ► 1A WAMU ► 6/4/25

U.S. Book Show 2025: the state of book businesses past, present, and future ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/4/25

U.S. Book Show: AI looms large across publishing sectors ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/4/25

Duolingo users are in turmoil over the app’s AI lessons ► Polygon ► 6/4/25

This is what happens when you ask an AI slop factory to write like me ► Toronto Star ► 6/4/25

The Washington Post is secretly planning to start publishing articles created using AI ► Futurism ► 6/4/25

In defense of Shakespeare ► Trill ► 6/4/25

Books as medicine ► Psychology Today ► 6/4/25

Bentonville school district Book Bus hits the road to keep students reading ► 4029 TV ► 6/4/25

A new health advisory calls on AI developers to protect young people ► NPR ► 6/4/25

Famous chef boasts that he’s using AI to invent new recipes ► Futurism ► 6/4/25

Is it sex education or porn? Huntington Beach comes to blows over library books ► Cal Matters ► 6/3/25

Why re-imagining classic literature as modern graphic novels is so important for young and reluctant readers ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/3/25

The FDA rolls out its own AI to speed up clinical reviews and scientific evaluations ► Engadget ► 6/3/25

Washington Post planning to bring in “nonprofessional writers” coached by an AI editor with a “story strength checker” ► Media ITE ► 6/3/25

Will AI wipe out the first rung of the career ladder? ► The Guardian ► 6/3/25

Time well spent: beyond success and failure in Romancelandia and academia ► Public Books ► 6/3/25

AI pioneer announces non-profit to develop “honest” artificial intelligence ► The Guardian ► 6/3/25

More than 50% of Americans have listened to an audiobook: Latest data on audiobook trends ► Book Riot ► 6/3/25

Digital audiobook piracy has grown in 2025 ► Good Ereader ► 6/3/25

“Incredibly useful” or “hallucinatory and racist”: How book professional have found using AI at work ► The Bookseller ► 6/3/25

Reading retreats: the ultimate getaway for book lovers ► Success ► 6/3/25

Texas teen takes literacy advocacy to new heights with Bookworm Global ► New Channel Nebraska ► 6/3/25

Inside Hollywood’s AI power struggle: Where does human creativity go from here? ► CNET ► 6/3/25

Meta’s plans for AI ads: How automation dismantles culture ► Forbes ► 6/3/25

AI slop and the rise of slop culture ► Search Engine People ► 6/3/25

Can we put a stop to internet slop? ► Psychology Today ► 6/3/25

Anthropic’s AI is writing its own blog – with human oversight ► TechCrunch ► 6/3/25

What the AI revolution means for the future of energy ► City Journal ► 6/2/25

“Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!” The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home ► The Guardian ► 6/3/25

Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity? ► The Conversation ► 6/2/25

6 brands taking a stand against AI content ► MarTech ► 6/2/25

Society of Authors creates toolkit to “empower” authors ► The Bookseller ► 6/2/25

“It’s so boring”: GenZ parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried ► The Guardian ► 6/2/25

Why some books are “life ruiners” ► Psychology Today ► 6/2/25

“I had to go all-in”: advice from a first-time novelist on writing, editing and promoting – and why he recorded his own audiobook ► Entrepreneur ► 6/2/25

Audiobook sales rose 13% in 2024, to $2.2 billion ► Publishers Weekly ► 6/2/25

Niche bookstores across Arkansas offer patrons more than just reading material ► Arkansas Democrat Gazette ► 6/1/25

When fiction feels like fact: How stories shape beliefs ► Psychology Today ► 6/1/25

Wonder machine: Will AI reshape our ability to experience awe? ► Forbes ► 6/1/25