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Local secondhand booksellers suspect AI companies behind orders

Monday, 3 August 2026    Books+Publishing
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Secondhand booksellers in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia have reported receiving orders from Canadian book recycling company Zoom Books, which many booksellers suspect of supplying companies involved in generative AI training. Zoom Books itself has stated it “does not digitise or destroy used or new books for the purpose of...

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Category: Local news