Blog Version: The Atlantic Just Declared the Age of Reading Is Over

The Atlantic declares America is officially post-literate, because 51% of adults read zero books last year. Publishers and bestselling author Scott Turow sue Google for training Gemini on millions of stolen books, with Google's own emails proving they knew the risk. A blind study reveals AI audiobooks beating human narrators head-to-head. Fresh ALLi data shows indie authors now out-earn traditionally published ones, but the market is splitting fast. And is the indie-versus-traditional debate quietly killing your creativity? Check out the blog version for sources and links.