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Booktalking - Authors v. Anthropic (and Apple), indie booksellers in & out of trouble, and more

Update: 2025-10-15

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Hosts Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj caught up on a landmark legal decision about books and AI, the perils of bookstore merch, plus a whole lot more.

This episode covers:

Anthropic AI v. Authors
- and Authors v. Apple
How Powell's Books' new mugs got them into hot water
Barnes & Noble buying Books Inc.
C-suite changes at Simons & Schuster and Harper UK
A novel approach to creative writing this November

Somehow, neither of them mentioned a specific book this time. They've been spoken to and have promised to do better in the future.

More author interviews coming soon to kobo.com/conversation

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