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#rarebooks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rarebooks, aggregated by home.social.
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📜 „Bizanț după Bizanț”: 22 de ediții de carte veche dedicate Imnului Acatist, la 1400 de ani de la compunere, la Biblioteca Centrală Universitară. Articol complet pe site. #RareBooks #Byzantine #Bucharest
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RE: https://swiss.social/@oa/117206338393710826
📍🗺️ Der Download von verlinkten Named Entities in e-rara-Volltexten für Einzeltitel oder über den Gesamtbestand ist jetzt dokumentiert auf https://www.e-rara.ch/wiki/apiinfo > "Download von Entitäten"
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Finding a rare first edition book in a charity shop is a common dream. The truth is that condition and historical connections dictate the market. See why one unread copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic broke auction records. #RareBooks https://www.geeknative.com/242372/the-economics-of-rare-books-and-why-pr-valuations-mask-the-truth/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-GNBlogWave1
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'One minute, they are a treasured record of human thought. The next, they are twelve searchable megabytes and a manageable quantity of mixed paper strips going into one of several large, welcoming bins marked DESTROY'
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AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/ai-book-scanning-just-what-is-a-rare-book/
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AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/ai-book-scanning-just-what-is-a-rare-book/
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Ah yes, the ✨ #apocalypse is nigh! 📚 AI overlords are apparently munching books like they're potato chips, and the solution? Quick, let's throw rare books into the Xerox machine before they vanish into the void! 🤖📖 Because nothing screams preparedness like a frantic library-themed episode of Hoarders. 📚🚨
https://annas-archive.gl/blog/physical-destruction.html #AIoverlords #rarebooks #bookpreservation #libraryhoarders #HackerNews #ngated -
EVIL INCARNATE ... "control the spice, control the world"
or "eliminate the books, control the history"
or "eliminate the books, control the knowledge"
#books #AI #bibliophile #errtling #bookcafe #amazon #paywall #publishing #author #writer #bookseller #rarebooks
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Hidden #Airtag reveals #Amazon is trashing rare #books to train #AI
For the past year or so, booksellers have suspected that AI firms are buying up huge lots of rare books, then destroying them after scanning them to train AI. But this was hard to prove until now, as 404 Media reports that an Airtag hidden in a rare book shows that at least one tech giant, in the race to advance its frontier models, is behind some of the bulk orders: Amazon.
On Monday, 404 Media revealed that it had connected with a #bookseller who agreed to plant an Airtag in a rare book that was part of a bulk order. That Airtag was then tracked to an Amazon AI #training facility in #LasVegas that housed a team focused on tearing books from their spines and scanning pages, 404 Media reported. Apparently tone-deaf to the escalating backlash over destructive book scanning, a logo on the door of that team’s warehouse, #VGT3 , showed a Tyrannosaurus rex preparing to devour a book,
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AirTag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336050
#HackerNews #AirTag #Amazon #RareBooks #AI #Training #TechEthics
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Amazon uses rare books to enhance AI training data
📰 Original title: Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/amazon-uses-rare-books-to-enhance-ai-training-data.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social
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RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/117111225982253256
How. Disgusting. 🤮 21st century book burning.
#bookBurning #Scamazon #bookDestruction #AI #LLMs #rareBooks #books #GrandTheftAutoComplete
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/147368/ AI firms suspected of buying and destroying secondhand books #AICopyright #AITrainingBooks #Anthropic #ArtificialIntelligenceData #BookScanning #Finland #helsinki #ISBNdb #ProjectPanama #RareBooks #SecondhandBooks #UsedBooksAI
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From the British Fantasy Society:
Andrew Knighton takes a journey through the history of science fiction with a rare books catalogue—a place where connection and authenticity are still valued.
https://britishfantasysociety.org/old-books-and-bright-futures-the-quo-vadis-catalogue/
#rarebooks #books #sciencefiction #scifi #writers #writing #writingcommunity
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‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
They said out loud they want to transform all knowledge and intelligence into services you pay for by the token
#MemoryHole #monsters #RareBooks
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The Vanishing Page: AI Firms Scan Then Destroy Rare Book Editions
https://dallasexpress.com/national/the-vanishing-page-ai-firms-scan-then-destroy-rare-book-editions/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095763
#HackerNews #AI #RareBooks #DigitalPreservation #BookScanning #TechEthics #LiteratureConservation
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Ein Feßle #Bier am 2. August! ... gab's jedenfalls im Jahr 1608 beim Verfasser der handschriftlichen Einträge im #Schreibkalender, den ich in meinem Blogbeitrag bespreche:
https://etheritage.ethz.ch/fessle-bier/
#wein #ernte #ocr #volltexterkennung #htr #transkribus #ethbibliothek #altedrucke #rarebooks #bookhistory #sonnenfinsternis #erara
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https://www.europesays.com/people/171431/ It’s hard to picture a more nightmarish vision of our AI future than this #AI #Anthropic #Books #Business #DarioAmodei #LLMs #News #OpenAI #opinion #publishing #RareBooks #SamAltman
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📚 Ah, the tragicomedy of AI's path to enlightenment: buy rare books, destroy them, and call it 'fair use.' 😂 Who needs centuries-old texts when you can have a pristine digital version? Clearly, the only thing rarer than these books is #common #sense in the AI industry. 🤖🔥
https://xcancel.com/HedgieMarkets/status/2081534588485296565 #AIenlightenment #rarebooks #fairuse #digitalversion #HackerNews #ngated -
AI companies are shredding rare books
https://xcancel.com/HedgieMarkets/status/2081534588485296565
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49068738
#HackerNews #AI #companies #rarebooks #bookpreservation #technology #ethics
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Looking for error variants or heavily recalled issues? Our specialized collectors know exactly where to find them. #RecalledComics #RareBooks https://collectorsvault.net/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Auf der #erara Startseite sind die neuen Teaser-Bilder eingebunden: Ausgewählte Illustrationen aus digitalisierten Beständen von teilnehmenden Bibliotheken
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Meine Kolleg:innen haben wieder eine spannende Ausstellung zum Thema #Genuss und #Gift in Alten Drucken und #Karten im Bestand der #ETHBibliothek aufgebaut
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Recently added titles (June 2026)
Yukio is reading a book by Martin Heidegger as shown in the 20th episode (“Succession”) of the classic crime thriller anime Black Lagoon, which is replete with having girls with guns, particularly hothead Chinese-American RevyBuilding upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October, November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2022, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2023, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2024, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of this year, and January, February, March, April, and May of this year, this post notes recent titles with libraries or librarians in popular culture which I’ve come across in the past month. Each of these has been watched or read during the past month. No films, animated series, or other entries with libraries (or librarians) to add for this past month, but I did come across some in webcomics. There may be spoilers for these series, so be aware.
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Anime series recently added to this page
- Ascendance of a Bookworm, “The Gathering of Gutenberg[s]” (s4 ep 11)
- Black Lagoon, “The Succession” (s1 ep 20)
- Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku, “Zing!” (s1 ep 11)
- A Hundred Scenes of Awajima, “Akiho Kashiwabara & Wakana Tabata” (s1 ep 9)
In the 20th episode of Black Lagoon, Yukio is reading a book by Martin Heidegger, as she tells her friend Maki, in the school library, calling the book philosophical and “very powerful.” In contrast, Maki says she likes skincare guides and modern horror books, with Yukio saying she remembered Maki saying she liked Anne Rice. They talk a bit more with Yukio saying she sometimes feels like she is caught inside of book worlds, and viewers see some of the library bookshelves. She says she doesn’t like Stephen King and Maki says she thought Yukio would like Edgar Allan Poe. She says she doesn’t like the ones that imagine the night, and she does not like the world as it makes her scared, that it is not romantic at all.
There is a second scene in the episode in the reading room where Yukio is thinking about the gang war between the Russian mafia and Japanese yakuza, and does not listen as much to what Maki tells her and decides to not tell her troubles. The reading room is shown briefly in the next episode, but not enough to mention it here. It is worth noting that Heidegger was directly involved with the Nazis from 1933 to 1945, and even banned from teaching after the war until 1949 (when the ban was lifted). He also never expressed remorse for being involved with the Nazis, which is funny because Hannah Arendt, who became known for her political theory against authoritarianism, including Nazism and fascism. I’m not sure why Heidegger was mentioned (in the manga as well), except to possibly indicate that Yukio was intellectual, nihilistic, and his existential philosophy was appealing. At the same time, I seriously doubt she was a Nazi as there was an earlier plot line in the series where the protagonists stole loot from a submarine filled by wannabe Nazis/neo-Nazis and killed a bunch of them, but rather a bit of a mob boss, if I have to guess. At the same time, during his life, Heidegger had intellectual contact with Japanese scholars like racist Hajime Tanabe (who later regretted defending claimed Japanese state and racial superiority) and pro-militarist Shūzō Kuki over the years, influencing his work, according to Reinhard May.
Otherwise, in the ninth episode of A Hundred Scenes of Awajima, there is a brief library scene of the students studying on the library together, learning about people at the school and searching on the local computers, even reading newspaper articles.
Lastly there’s an episode of Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku, the 11th episode. Previously, in episode three (noted later), there was a library scene. In this episode, to relax from the festival and feeling he is taking up the time of Kotoko Ijichi and Amane, Takuya Seo (otherwise known as Otaku-kun) hangs out in the school library. While there he hears the rumor that the Mister and Misses from the contest begins dating, with mention of Amane and Ijichi, and some other kids dating them. After they find the book they want and leave, Takuya looks through his phone and sees images of him with Amane and Ijichi, and thinks they may have better matches than him, and he feels anxious about the idea of other people dating them. It seems he is starting to say that he would make the next move, somehow, although it isn’t clear what that would be.
A sign that indicates the library scene is going to begin: the sign outside the library says that word in JapaneseA screenshot of the school library in the episode. Sorry for the blurriness. This library is full of books!The first shot in the episode that shows Takuya sitting at a table by himself in the library, where he wanted to get away from the festival.The camera moves to focus on Takuya, who is happily reading a book and enjoying himself, getting away from the hustle and bustle of the school festival.Before this, there have been other episodes in this series with library scenes. In April, I noted that in the third episode of the series, saying that “Ijichi helps the two other protagonists…Takuya…and Amane) study in the school library for midterms but Takuya admires the two gyaru gals in front of him. Some of the books in the school library are shown. Despite Kotoko saying they should keep studying, instead Takuya and Amane have an art battle over their favorite characters of Glittermon in the library.”
Takuya reads a book in the library during the 11th episode. He starts to feel he made the right decision to go there to the library himself (later his view of this changes, of course). Sorry for the blurriness.Last but not least, Ascendance of a Bookworm FINALLY had an episode with a library, which has been an utter crime for a while, despite the focus of the series on books and the fact that the protagonist was a librarian in her former life. According to my records, the last episode with a library scene, “Re: Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2”, a recap episode, was in late March 2022! There were no library scenes, at all, in season 3. Entitled “The Gathering of Gutenberg[s],” Myne finds a key to the rare books shelf of the cathedral library, which she happily checks out. She goes to the cabinet with rare books, unlocks it with a key (another barrier to entry). Her attendant, Fran, tells her that these “books” are not actually books. Instead, they are letters on parchment, inside of a box, which were addressed to the former High Bishop. She even agrees, after Fran says she can read the letters as she is now the High Bishop, and report the contents to the Head Priest (Ferdinand).
The letters are filled with bitter grievances about their bad position in life, revealing bribery, and deep ties between the viscount (Gerlach) and the former High Bishop (Bezewanst). She later describes these letters, to Ferdinand as “filled with wicked schemes and evidence of…wrongdoings” by Gerlach. The letter end up being helpful to Ferdinand in his schemes. It is also revealed that one of those mentioned in the letters, Veronica, was the mother of Ferdinand and his brother Sylvester, and charged with forging official documents and acting as an accomplice to Bezewanst. Apart from Myne later looking at the existing printing press and bringing together different tradespeople (a carpenter and smither) to create an improved printing press in this episode, with Myne buying the blueprint, among other plot points, Fran says her conduct as a noble is fine, “as long as it doesn’t involve books.” Then there’s a short scene of her laughing while reading a book, with Ferdinand saying it is best to keep her away from books (not good!). In the post-credits scene, one of the priests says he told Myne a story, to get over her drowsiness: the size of the collection, the types of books, names and ages of the librarians, and sealed archives at the Royal Academy. While the priest thought this was boring, Myne comes onto the scene saying the information was entertaining and useful. The ending credit illustration by Somchira Katsu has Myne smiling happily as she grabs one of the books in the church library.
Myne is back in the library again, during this episode.Comics recently added to this page
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I was reminded of Love Live! songs this month and came across, again, a song by Shioriko, entitled “Emotion” behind a library backdrop in an episode of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, which I wrote about back in August 2024. In that post I said:
Let me start with Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, a series which ran from 2020 to 2022. In the episode “The Memory of Dreams,” of aforementioned idol music series, a library is featured. At the end of the episode, Shioriko sings a musical ballad which features her going through a library, touching the spines of books, and walking down stairs in the library. This might be indicating how academic she is, as a person. She also, during the song, changes outfits in the library and finds a key… within a book. The song isn’t about libraries at all as a translation of the lyrics makes abundantly clear.
Here’s the related video:
© 2024-2026 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
#AHundredScenesOfAwajima #AscendanceOfABookworm #BlackLagoon #GalsCanTBeKindToOtaku #JapanesePatrons #JapaneseWomen #lists #LoveLiveNijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub #music #Nazis #newspapers #rareBooks #readingRoom #RecentlyAddedTitles #shortBlogs #songs #students -
This stunning Book of Hours from around the 1490s was made for a woman back in the day.
Thanks to Domeisen Rarebooks for sharing this gem from their upcoming July Sotheby’s sale.
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The book that misspelled its own title: the 1847 Wuthering Heights first edition, estimated at $800,000
In 1847, Wuthering Heights was printed in just 250 copies. One is heading to Christie's with an $800,000 estimate. And the reason comes down to what no one ever touched.
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Trochi. A. B. Trochus primus, sive maculosus; C. Trochus secundus; D. Trochus tertius, sive Papuanus, ut et Trochus longævus; E. Trochus quartus, sive Labeo; Fig. 1-11. sunt omnes diversæ species Trochorum; Fig. 12. Dolium Matinum. Plate 21. From the book: Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, &c. ut et cochlearum ... quibus accedunt conchylia, ut nautilus, cornu Ammonis, & conch univalvi et bivalviae ... denique mineralia ..., 1739, Hague, The, by Georg Rumpf, Lugduni Batavorum, apud P. van der Aa,. Te Papa (RB001235/021a)
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Keats' Lost Words Resurface After Decades Vanished
John Keats' lost love letters to Fanny Brawne from 1819-1820 have reappeared after being stolen in the 1980s. They will be auctioned by Sotheby's.
#KeatsLetters, #LiteraryHistory, #SothebysLondon, #FannyBrawne, #RareBooks
https://newsletter.tf/keats-lost-love-letters-found-auction-2-million/
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Poignant love letters from poet John Keats, lost for 40 years, have been found and are expected to sell for around $2 million.
#KeatsLetters, #LiteraryHistory, #SothebysLondon, #FannyBrawne, #RareBooks
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Das Digitalisat der #ethbibliothek zeigt die kolorierte Abbildung eines #Weidenprachtkäfer aus "The Natural History of British #Insects" (London 1794–1795)
https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/4201864
#insekten #AnthaxiaSalicis #BuprestisSalicis #Käfer #bug #altedrucke #rarebooks
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"I come home that night empty-handed. No Yellow Bird. Not in the national libraries or in the cracked bookstores on Donceles or in the vaults of Morton Subastas."
Geoffrey Gray for Alta Journal: https://www.altaonline.com/books/a70453082/joaquin-murieta-yellow-bird-zamorano-80/
#Longreads #California #Books #RareBooks #Collecting #History #Libraries #Mexico #Reading
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The catalog from James Cummins of the books from my late husband David Hartwell's collection has just come out. Check it out! Buy 3 of everything! My kids need shoes! #booksky #sciencefiction #books #rarebooks www.jamescumminsbookseller.com/searchResult...
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92 year old Professor Wallace Kirsop has spent a life time studying old, rare books. He is passionate about the importance of retaining the physical object as a recent discovery in a 1497 copy of Dante's Divine Comedy at the University of Sydney Library demonstrates.
#Melbourne #Sydney #Histodons #libraries #books #RareBooks
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Lots of people destructively scan their #books to digitize their library or to get a discounted (or otherwise non-existent) digital version from the many used copies that sell for pennies.
Many #libraries let lenders use their stack cutters and scanners.
There are non-destructive scanning methods for #rareBooks, of course.
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Neun #Inkunabeln im Bestand der Stadtbibliothek #Schaffhausen auf e-rara sind mit Texterkennung bearbeitet und können durchsucht und heruntergeladen werden!
#ocr #transkribus #tesseract #inkunabel #incunabula #rarebooks #altedrucke #histodons
https://www.e-rara.ch/nav/index?&facets=domainGroup%3D%22sbs%22%20and%20d100%3D%221400%22
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The new teaser images on the e-rara homepage are here! Now with Stadtbibliothek #Schaffhausen, #Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung #Winterthur and Musikakademie #Basel
#library #rarebooks #altedrucke #erara #ethbibliothek #numismatik #musiknoten #bodensee #schwaben @zbzuerich @zhbluzern
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Today I got to hold an incunabulum of Malleus Maleficarum, a first printing of the King James Bible, and the handwritten notes of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
It was a big day.
I also had to correct the spellings of multiple words in this post, as I am completely frasking* exhausted.