Bookseller

A bookseller is a person who sells books, often specializing in rare or out-of-print editions. In this context, they are also individuals who have become political figures, particularly in Hong Kong, for selling literature critical of the Chinese government.

Why it’s in the news: Booksellers are in the news due to allegations that AI companies are destroying rare books to train models and because of the arrests and deaths of politically active Hong Kong booksellers.

Latest on Bookseller

• Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
• Booksellers fear their rarest books are being pulped to feed AI. The trail leads to a ‘recycler’.
• 5 Hong Kong booksellers arrested for alleged sedition released on bail
• Analysis: Bookseller died 'in line of duty' resisting Xi Jinping's rule
• Dissident Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies aged 70
• Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, once detained by China, dies in Taipei
• Bookseller died 'in line of duty' resisting Xi Jinping's rule

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