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A Novel Affair co-owners Julie Pham, left, and Yung Le laugh while sitting for a portrait at the romance bookshop’s pop-up location in downtown Los Altos before its opening. Photo by Seeger Gray.

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Historian Laura Beers, who is part of the Bartz v. Anthropic class action settlement, writes in The Conversation about ...

Its publisher, Hachette, will not release the novel in the United States and will discontinue its U.K. edition, citing its commitment to “original creative expression and storytelling.” By Alexandra ...

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