booksellers

Booksellers are people who sell books, particularly those who specialize in rare and collectible volumes. They are professionals who curate, preserve, and sell books to collectors and institutions.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to concerns that AI companies are purchasing and destroying rare books to use as training data, as well as for the high-profile arrest and release of several booksellers in Hong Kong on sedition charges.

Latest on booksellers

• 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
• Hong Kong booksellers arrested for alleged security law violations

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