NYTIMES (Alexandra Alter) - How A.I. Books Sneak Their Way Into Stores
Big booksellers are taking different approaches to dealing with the deluge of titles generated by artificial intelligence.
NYTIMES (Yola Mzizi and Seth Caplan) - Audible Opens a Bookless Bookstore
Booksellers are trying to figure out how to market audiobooks in person. At a new pop-up, the Amazon-owned company is betting on listening rooms, branded merch and “story tenders.”
AXIOS (Delano Massey) - Black-owned bookstores reach record numbers, but many still struggle
Just 54 Black-owned bookstores were identified across the U.S a decade ago. Today, a new report counts 306. Why it matters: As public schools and libraries remove books by Black authors — from Beloved to The 1619 Project — Black-owned bookstores are increasingly serving as places where readers can access contested titles and authors' full bodies of work — and gather in community to discuss them. The big picture: Though the first State of the Black Bookstore report documented growth, that uptick masks economic fragility, a reality many owners say is forcing bookstores to evolve beyond traditional retail. - "We're in a climate right now where our history is being erased and debated in schools and libraries," Jill Gibson, CEO of…