https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/rare-book-sales-are-booming-they-re-getting-sliced-up-and-fed-to-aiContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/rare-book-sales-are-booming-they-re-getting-sliced-up-and-fed-to-aihttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/rare-book-sales-are-booming-they-re-getting-sliced-up-and-fed-to-ai#u51687Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:10:30 +0000Artificial intelligence companies are acquiring thousands of second-hand books to scan their contents for data training before destroying the physical copies. Amazon has been specifically identified as purchasing older volumes for this purpose. The practice has caused a surge in rare-book sales and led civil society groups to request that the Federal Trade Commission sue the involved companies. This trend creates a direct conflict between the need for massive AI training datasets and the preservation of physical literary history.Why it mattersThe acquisition of physical texts provides high-qua https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/rare-book-sales-are-booming-they-re-getting-sliced-up-and-fed-to-aihttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/rare-book-sales-are-booming-they-re-getting-sliced-up-and-fed-to-ai#u48231Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:20:56 +0000AI companies are purchasing antique and secondhand books to scan them for data training before destroying the physical copies. This practice has triggered a surge in rare-book sales and prompted civil society groups to urge the Federal Trade Commission to sue the companies involved. Amazon is specifically identified as buying older books for scanning and destruction, with orders dating back to 2024. The trend highlights a conflict between the acquisition of training data for artificial intelligence and the preservation of physical literary history.Why it mattersThe process involves slicing up