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The AI Prism·Jul 31AI Companies Are Shredding Rare Books — And That Changes Everything About Training DataThere’s a story making the rounds on Hacker News this week — 794 upvotes, 514 comments, and climbing — that reveals something deeply…
InNEW LITERARY SOCIETYbyDs Traylor·Jun 21Trying to Make Sense of the Voynich Manuscript: A Brief HistoryThe Voynich Manuscript is anything but an easy read….that is if you can get through the first page. After that, it gets more difficult…A response icon2A response icon2
Writer's Corner·Mar 2911 Books So Expensive They Cost More Than a Luxury Apartment$30 Million for a Notebook?! The insane world of rare book collectors
InLessons from HistorybyAlfred Dockery·Jul 23, 2025Case of the Vanishing Volumes: The Great Biltmore Book HeistRare book thefts were uncovered during the filming of a comedy mystery.A response icon1A response icon1
Lenna Blackwell·Jun 11, 2025The Ink of Exile — June 11th, 2025History is not only what is remembered. It is also what was nearly erased… and what refused to be.
InAuthor MastermindsbyEvan Swensen·Mar 19, 2025The Novel That Never Used ‘E’Some people run marathons. Others climb mountains. But in 1939, one man decided to challenge himself in an entirely different way — by…
Evan Swensen·Mar 19, 2025The Novel That Never Used ‘E’Some people run marathons. Others climb mountains. But in 1939, one man decided to challenge himself in an entirely different way — by…
tom_ghostly·Mar 6, 2025On Arno Schmidt’s Zettel(‘)s Traum / Bottom’s Dream: A phenomenology of editionswhen i decided to finally buy arno schmidt’s experimental novel “zettel’s traum” in 2024 …
InStacksbyAlexandra Hill·Feb 27, 2025Early modern recycling: waste material in book bindingsOne of the most rewarding things to find in a rare book is waste material.
