This week, we embrace (surprise surprise) the power of books! But seriously, Drew is in a tizzy about the latest AI-scraping news (tldr they got ALL of the books), Brittany Allen talks about the joys of learning about how they pick the books on The White Lotus, Sophie Gee & Jonty Claypole tell Drew about the joys of discovering (and hosting!) the Secret Life of Books, and Josh Cook shares a few more ideas for how publishing can do better to fill the information gap. Books: powerful stuff—and joyful, too.

The Lit Hub Podcast is a production of Lit Hub Radio and is available wherever you get your podcasts; music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn; Engineering and production by Stardust House