This September, The Arts Bus is putting books, puppets and art supplies aboard the bus and heading north for The Wittle Book Tour, a new literacy-and-arts experience ...
For Annie Dillard, the sonic intensity of poetry was critical to every form of writing she published throughout her life.
Anthropic is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” How worried should we be? In early 2026, the owner of James Payne, Books and Prints, based in Brooklyn, began receiving order ...
George Orwell’s 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language” is frequently read as a style guide. It is better understood as a warning about how public language can be used to weaken public judgment ...
Like a scene out of the classic dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451," some AI companies aren't just reading books—they're destroying them. As developers race to build more powerful AI models, and lawsuits ...
What we know so far: A market built for libraries and booksellers is now feeding AI training, as companies seek large volumes of printed books that predate the generative AI boom. ISBNdb, which says ...
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How sad should we be when a language dies? Consider the case—call it callous or simply tough-minded—for saying, “Not at all.” A language, when it comes down to it, is a means of communication. When ...
Researchers in Ireland marveled at their computer screen as they flipped through the digitized pages of a medieval book tracked down in a Roman library. Within them, they found their sought-after ...
In February, Spotify made an exciting (and a bit unusual) move when it entered the world of physical book sales. As of this week, the new feature is officially live in the U.S. and the U.K., allowing ...
More than 40 percent of Americans think that listening to audiobooks is less rigorous and really doesn’t count as reading. Cognitive neuroscientist Nadine Gaab disagrees, and she and other education ...