‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
- “Sometimes books tell you more than the content,” says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne University’s Wilson Hall.
- He’s preparing his stall for this weekend’s 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 what’s inside it.
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- “Sometimes books tell you more than the content,” says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne University’s Wilson Hall.
- He’s preparing his stall for this weekend’s 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 what’s inside it.
Sources: Guardian