05/20/2026
Screw the AI; love the human creators.
The hard work of authors we work with is not an "AI input."
It is not "unique repurposable data" to be fed into ChatGPT to regurgitate.
Together, we are asking fellow booksellers across the country to join us in taking a stand against "AI-generated" books.
As booksellers, we reject the assumption made by book publishers like Harper Collins that we would willingly play a part in what they have envisioned as the "AI-powered" future of our industry. Instead, we recognize the power we wield in refusing to do so. In solidarity with authors and the countless other real human beings responsible for bringing books to life, we refuse to knowingly promote "AI" works or stock "AI-generated" books on our shelves.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด "๐๐", ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐.
๐ Find the full open letter which contains our pledge against promoting "AI books" our links.
If you're a bookseller who brings that "f**k AI" energy into your work โ regardless if you're a bookstore owner, or you just signed on for a seasonal position at your local Large Regional Chain Bookstoreโข๏ธโ we ask you to consider signing on.
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๐๏ธ Current signatories include:
Always Here Bookstore
Second Shapes Bookstore
Passages Bookshop
Floating World Comics
Books with Pictures
Midslumber Media
Lost Avenue Books
Wallace Books
Burnside Rare Books
David Morrison Books
Revolutions Bookshop
Grand Gesture Books
Arches Bookhouse
Selected Stories Bookstore
Vintage Books
Field Day Books & Bottles
Backstory Books and Yarn
Belmont Books
Honeyed Words
Is your favorite bookstore willing to take a stand against AI books? Tag them below.
