every day, a new 13th reason. "uncommon books are being pulped." Just because they are sitting on store or library shelf doesn't mean that they do not have value. Someone somewhere will be looking for a book and it will have been devoured by a feckless and morally bereft company, lost forever.
AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of booksBooksellers say they're facing a sudden surge of orders for seemingly random rare books—and fear they might be profiting from their destruction.www.pcgamer.com