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Gemini brings its ‘Notebooks’ feature straight to these users (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: gemini notebooks, google workspace, notebooklm

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Mark your calendars: A Googlebook ‘celebration’ is happening next month (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: googlebook, google books, google

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Chopping up books when they're physically too big (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Matt Kirkland | get X-ACTO knife set self-healing cutting mat → | tags: lonesome dove, book chopping, paperback books

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Chop up your books (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Matt Kirkland | get X-Acto knife precision cutting set → | tags: lonesome dove, book club, paperback books

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Chop Up Your Books (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Matt Kirkland | get OLFA utility knife book binding → | tags: lonesome dove, book club, paperback books

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The roots of astrology, the mysterious nature of time and more: Books in brief (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-14 | by Robinson | tags: astrology, galileo galilei, kepler

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Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | by Asami Saisho | tags: japan libraries, tsutaya, takeo library

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Why you procrastinate on things you actually want to do (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-12 | get Solving Procrastination Itamar Shatz book → | tags: procrastination, itamar shatz, solving procrastination

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Big Tech Destroyed the Bookshop. But Never Fear, Big Tech Is Reinventing the Bookshop! (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-11 | get Kobo Clara Colour e-reader → | tags: big tech, bookshop, amazon

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USPS is launching new $20 stamp books in October. Here’s why they cost more (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-10 | get USPS forever stamps book → | tags: usps, semipostal stamp, forever stamps

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De-Brainrot Vacations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-07 | get Kindle Paperwhite → | tags: software engineering, brain fog, reading books

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Why are AI companies buying books? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-03 | get Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600 scanner → | tags: ai companies, large language models, copyright settlement

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TCL’s New Phones Can Convert E-books Into Audiobooks and Podcasts Using AI (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-03 | get Kindle Paperwhite e-reader → | tags: tcl, p80 pro, e-reader

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144 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Coming Out in September (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-01 | get Kindle Paperwhite → | tags: leigh bardugo, tananarive due, china miéville

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Gemini Notebook can analyze your Google Play books now: 3 ways I use this feature (zdnet.com)

2026-08-31 | by Lance Whitney | get Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet → | tags: google play books, google, gemini notebook

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1960s theory that Stonehenge was a prehistoric computer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | by Fiona Macdonald | get Stonehenge Decoded Gerald Hawkins book → | tags: stonehenge, richard atkinson, prehistoric computer

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I'm the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company's AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-29 | get CZUR ET24 Pro book scanner → | tags: antique books, generative ai, anthropic

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Gemini Notebook Now Lets You Reference Books, Turn Them Into Different Formats (slashdot.org)

2026-08-28 | get Pilot G2 gel pens bulk pack → | tags: gemini, notebook, books

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Chatbooks Promo Code: Save up to 40% on Photo Books in September 2026 (wired.com)

2026-08-28 | by Molly Higgins | get HP Sprocket portable photo printer → | tags: chatbooks, photo books, coupon code

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Gemini Notebook now imports your Google Play Books titles, turning shelfware into notes (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-28 | get Kindle Paperwhite e-reader → | tags: google, play books, gemini notebook

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Mysteries of the deep and AI friendship: Books in brief (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-28 | by Robinson | get Finding the Mother Tree Suzanne Simard book → | tags: suzanne simard, mother tree project, british columbia

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Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books (theverge.com)

2026-08-27 | by Emma Roth | get Radical Candor Kim Scott book → | tags: google, gemini notebook, publisher

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The long and beautiful story of Native American graphic design (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-27 | get Designed to Be Red Native Indigenous Graphic Works book → | tags: native american, brian johnson, designed to be red

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Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | get Kobo Clara Colour ereader → | tags: cloudflare, node, epub

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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-23 | by Amanda Silberling | get Nolo Copyright Handbook book → | tags: ai models, chatgpt, anthropic

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My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-23 | by Emily Paulson | get Cultish Amanda Montell book → | tags: cults, undue influence, startups

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Rare-Book Sales Are Booming. They’re Getting Sliced Up and Fed to AI. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-22 | tags: rare books, ai training, large language models

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AI-Generated Children’s Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns (futurism.com)

2026-08-22 | by Frank Landymore | tags: chatgpt, university of washington, ai-generated books

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I own 28,000 books – here's what I've learned (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Bruno Van Branden | tags: shelving, oxford, mahogany

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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anna's archive, anthropic, ai companies