Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton

Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction — multitude of suspicious bulk buys thought to end up in foreign AI scan and shred facilities Short-term boom could lead to a longer-term drought and removal of important works from circulation. Bookstores in Japan are enjoying a boom in sales right now....