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Kingsnorth family launches AI-free publishing house, Hermit Crab Press

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The Kingsnorth family has launched a new publishing house named Hermit Crab Press, which will focus on selling physical books, primarily by Paul Kingsnorth. The venture aims to operate entirely without AI, Amazon, ebooks, or audiobooks, emphasizing a low-tech and artisanal approach to book production. Future plans include offering handmade books and carved wooden bookmarks. AI

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Kingsnorth family launches AI-free publishing house, Hermit Crab Press

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    The Kingsnorth family is launching a publishing house called "Hermit Crab Press". They sell books by Paul Kingsnorth and probably other authors in future. There

    The Kingsnorth family is launching a publishing house called "Hermit Crab Press". They sell books by Paul Kingsnorth and probably other authors in future. There are plans to sell hand made artisian books out of leather and carved wooden bookmarks. Of course it is stricly without …

    LINKS paulkingsnorth.substack.com/…/hermit-crab…

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