How Barnes & Noble made a comeback, with CEO James Daunt

Aug 20, 2026 · 33 min · YouTube

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0:26We really need to put in lots of filters to try and keep the AI rubbish out.
0:34There is going to come a time, perhaps, when these books come through, we would ask publishers to the extent that they know that they indicate whether books are AI, assisted AI, written completely.
0:47And then we can indicate that to customers.
0:51And I think transparency is important.
0:54But we are booksellers.
0:56If customers want to read particular books, we will sell them.
0:58And then everybody starts shouting at me to say that I'll only sell AI books and that's all I want.
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