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Investigation: Amazon is buying huge quantities of rare books, scanning them for AI, and destroying them; a tracked Biblio order went to its Las Vegas facility (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

An investigative report documents Amazon acquiring rare books from Biblio, shipping them to a Las Vegas facility for scanning, and then destroying them — raising concerns about cultural preservation, copyright, and AI training data provenance.

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Techmeme

Aug 17, 2026

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01 Amazon bought rare books from Biblio, shipped them to its Las Vegas facility, scanned them for AI, and destroyed them.

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