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Comics Shueisha-the publisher of Shonen Jump- has a new imprint in the works Devin Nealy

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libraries Internet Archive loses book lending lawsuit Jason Weisberger

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music SYNTH GEMS 1 is a gorgeous coffee table book full of analog synthesizers Thom Dunn

AI Apple introduces new AI-narrated audiobooks which are somehow different from just using Siri Thom Dunn

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