3 stories tagged rare-books, newest first.
255 points by mdp2021 | 44 comments
Open Culture article about a 900-page hand-painted color guide from 1692, a precursor to Pantone, with a link to a complete high-resolution digital scan.
527 points by Cider9986 | 834 comments
Anna's Archive blog guest post arguing AI companies are buying and destroying physical books for training, and urging volunteers to scan and upload rare books.
620 points by anon373839 | 372 comments
A tweet by @HedgieMarkets saying AI companies bulk-buy rare books via ISBNdb, cut off their spines to scan them, and shred the originals to obtain training data.