Those rows upon rows of book spines are mostly images printed on the aluminium plates that make up the backs of shelves. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR / To go with AFP story China-library-architecture ...

Book industry figures have described the team behind a publishing AI startup as "dingbats", "opportunists" and "extractive capitalists". The new company, Spines, will charge authors between $1,200 and ...