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AI-written books ineligible for Canadian ISBNs.

4/5 My focus would be on labelling. Consumers want to be able to exclude AI-written works from their searches. But some might not care. Labelling allows that choice. It keeps companies honest. Right now, for example, you can buy "fruit juice" that's only 10% juice, but you have to declare your

AI-written books ineligible for Canadian ISBNs.

2/5 I'm not convinced this is the best way to deal with that. First, a lot of books get published in ebook form and never get an ISBN. So this feels good, but it doesn't get at the problem. Second, there have always been physical books put together by automatic means which you want bookstores

AI-written books ineligible for Canadian ISBNs.

1/ New post: I ran the stats on "beach reads" across thousands of libraries for Syndetics Unbound from @clarivate.com, tracking sixteen summer authors. proquest.syndetics.com/news/2026/10...

4/ Release dates have also been creeping earlier, much as Hollywood pushed the summer movie into late spring.

1/ New post: I ran the stats on "beach reads" across thousands of libraries for Syndetics Unbound from @clarivate.com, tracking sixteen summer authors. proquest.syndetics.com/news/2026/10...

2/ I don't read any differently on vacation, but publishers have strong seasonal lanes, and some authors publish in the same week every year. Carley Fortune has published five novels since 2022, all between May 2 and May 10, and each more popular than the last.

A proposal of nothing else I'd like to post this link www.amazon.com/Heart-Lover-... (it's a test)

A propos. Kill me. But here's another one www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-calami...

Crazy thing related to Chapter One. I just realized we announced my "dating app for book lovers" on the 25th anniversary of when I first talked to my future wife, Lisa Carey, on Match. If you do the math on that one, yes, we first talked a day (or two) before September 11.

Dating was different then. Lisa is an author and former Brookline Booksmith bookseller, and we started our date at Trident Books, but we met on Match. We didn't tell people that—dating apps were still a little skeevy! In retrospect, they were find, even great.

Crazy thing related to Chapter One. I just realized we announced my "dating app for book lovers" on the 25th anniversary of when I first talked to my future wife, Lisa Carey, on Match. If you do the math on that one, yes, we first talked a day (or two) before September 11.

Help @librarything.com hire a Boston book lover! blog.librarything.com/2026/08/bost...

The past is a foreign country www.librarything.com/work/709369/...

It's happening! Bookish people, swing by @librarything.com this Friday 12-2pm Eastern. It'll feel like 1997 all over again.

Visited the intersection in Biddeford where Joan Sebastian Guerrero was shot by ICE yesterday. There was a continual stream of Mainers bringing votives candle and flowers. The asphalt where his body lay, bleeding out, was still distinctly red.

God rest his soul, God help his family, the immigrants of Maine and this country. There's a GoFund me (confirmed by @pressherald.com) for his wife and three year-old daughter. www.gofundme.com/f/justice-an...

To keep the same basic healthcare plan, @librarything.com needs to spend 21% more next year. We’re 10 people and health insurance is 2-4 employee we aren’t hiring. Yeah, gas is bad, but this stuff is absolutely crushing for a small business.

However, I think we can all agree the most important issue in the Maine Senate race is Israel!

Democrats will lose the Senate because the left caught Trumpism—he "wasn't perfect" but he was “our champion” who “fights"! Competence and character were boring and ignored. Every scandal made him stronger. "The media" was out to get him! You got your man—and now he’s going to lose it all.

Today is the 150th anniversary of Portland, Maine's Great Fire of 1866—lit by a firecracker, the biggest US city fire before Chicago! portlandfiretours.com/2025/02/16/t...