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Destroying Books Is a Cultural Crime. Project Panama Destroyed Millions of Books with No Legal Consequence

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Anthropic bought millions of books, cut them apart and pulped them after scanning. No court called it a crime. Destroying books is a cultural crime and no ruling changes that.

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Authors May Have to Keep Records of How They Write Their Own Books

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

HarperCollins' chief executive says no software can reliably tell a human manuscript from an AI-assisted one, and that a book written with AI help might not be copyrightable at all.

Illustration of two identical stacks of manuscript pages side by side on a desk under a reading lamp

Readers Cannot Tell Whether a Short Story Came From a Person or ChatGPT

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

In three experiments with more than 2,500 adults, the same story scored higher whenever readers were told a human had written it.

A black and white photograph of a slate roof and a stone turret with a lantern on the Princeton University Press building, seen above bare tree branches against a clear sky.

AI Research Tools Can Now Quote Princeton University Press Books Without Training on Them

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The Press chooses which titles go in and on what terms, through a platform called Cashmere, and its refusal to license anything for model training still stands.

A person standing in a modern library with towering bookshelves in Dubai.

Bloomsbury Anthropic's $1.5 billion Copyright Settlement with Authors over 14,087 Titles

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The Harry Potter publisher is due a multimillion pound payout from the largest copyright settlement in US history. The more interesting story is what it reveals about how a book's value gets counted once a machine has read it.

Leon Aryah Lewis, author of Inside Out: A Journey of the Soul, seated against a tree in an outdoor setting

Leon Aryah Lewis Published His Debut Spiritual Memoir Thirty Years After Writing It

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Inside Out: A Journey of the Soul, published by Landon Hail Press, traces one life as a soul's autobiography, exploring reincarnation, shadow and light, and the four decades of inner work that made Leon finally ready to share it.

Joshua Ritter and Joe Salwen holding their screenplay workbook in front of the Hollywood sign

Hollywood Producers Joshua L. Ritter and Joe Salwen Teach How to Write a Screenplay From the Other Side of the Desk

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Two Hollywood producers with Netflix and Academy Award credits distill years of reading scripts into a practical Levenger Master Class workbook for aspiring screenwriters.

DUMB 31 by Nik Nanoski, a post-apocalyptic novel styled as a bunker operations manual

Army Veteran and Nurse Nik Nanoski Releases DUMB 31, a Post-Apocalyptic Novel Ten Years in the Making

Darie Nani··1 min read

The San Antonio author spent a decade writing a science fiction novel where survival depends on teamwork, not lone heroes, drawing on twenty years as a combat medic and nurse.

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Ulrich Brugger's Eternally New Is a Contemplative Answer to the Self-Help Industry

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

After more than sixty years of writing, the founder of The Ojai Retreat has published a collection of aphorisms that sets itself against the formulas of modern self-help.

Dr. Latrece Wright holding her book The Uninvited Pebble

Dr. Latrece Wright Shares the Health Scare Behind The Uninvited Pebble

Darie Nani··1 min read

In The Uninvited Pebble, Georgia minister Dr. Latrece Wright writes about the weeks of waiting after a routine mammogram found a solid mass, and the faith that carried her through them.

The International Booker Prize 2026 public shortlist

The Reading and Writing Room- What the Judges Are Reading

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A glimpse inside the rooms where the great book prizes are decided, and what the people selecting the next Booker Prize or Pulitzer winner are actually looking for

Ink in Pink and Why No Winters Survive Spring

Ink In Pink and Why No Winters Survive Spring

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

When 11,500 new book titles are released every single day, even the most brilliant voices risk being lost and unheard. Ink in Pink is the February Edition of our sister publication Rich Books Magazine, which is free to read and enjoy.