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Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book3 (and reactions to it), a survey about what libraries think of book bans, the U.S. suing Amazon, and more.

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First Edition!

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Results of the parent perceptions survey BR partnered on with EveryLibrary

The Atlantic got the data about the 183,000 books in Books3 AI training set

FTC sues Amazon for unlawful monopoly

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

How to Fight Book Bans & Censorship