This final episode for 2023 is a short one but a juicy one. We are looking at corporations behaving badly, authors behaving badly, and readers behaving well. Because we know readers can do no wrong.

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• Author Apologizes After Review Bombing Books on Goodreads | TIME
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• TikTok's #BookTok trend 'literally changed my life'
• Five years and 2m copies later, self-published author lands UK book deal | Crime fiction | The Guardian
• Meta Used Copyrighted Books AI Training Despite Warning from Lawyers
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