AGP Executive Report
Last update: 1 hours agoAI & Books: 404 Media and the Washington Post report tech giants are buying rare print books, scanning them by cutting spines, then shredding originals to train new models and avoid “AI slop,” with ISBNdb arguing pre-2022 books are “structurally clean.” Publishing Policy & Free Speech: Stephen Colbert received an anti-censorship American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, alongside Books & Books founder Mitchell Kaplan, as debates over content bans keep heating up. Book Industry & Tech Tools: InstantProspector exited beta, launching a white-label go-to-market intelligence platform for digital marketing agencies—another sign of how “systems” thinking is reshaping sales and publishing-adjacent services. Local Book Culture: A new Ayr bookshop hosted an author visit and raised £100+ for charity, while community events and author talks keep libraries and bookstores busy. Children’s Books Spotlight: Caroline Starr Rose’s “Books Up the Mountain” highlights the Depression-era packhorse librarians who delivered reading to rural Kentucky. International Literature: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin urged a Uniform Civil Code across India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to reduce discrimination against women.
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