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Andreas Malm has been barred from entering the UK over his solidarity with Palestine.

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Harry Houdini was a serious book collector. Here are some of his weirdest finds.

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Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture is launching a fund to save small presses affected by the war.

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On the Rise and Fall of Publishing’s “Make Book”

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The Third Circuit finds that AI companies can’t use material with an original “creative spark.”

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