Keegan Rosenberger(@Keegrose):The detail that should stop the publishing industry cold: they're buying used books. Which means the author whose work is being ingested doesn't see a cent… not from the sale, not from the scan, not from the model. There was always a version of this where you ask first and pay for rights. We're building it @readwithatticus

2026.08.26 13:23

The detail that should stop the publishing industry cold: they're buying used books. Which means the author whose work is being ingested doesn't see a cent… not from the sale, not from the scan, not from the model. There was always a version of this where you ask first and pay for rights. We're building it @readwithatticus

Jason Koebler@jason_koebler

2026.08.17 13:58

Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: