Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

• The Authors Guild has launched a “Human Authored” certification program.
• It looks like one of my favorited bookstore chains (McKay’s) is closing its Knoxville location rather than make a deal with a union.
• The USA Supreme Court has declined to hear a case on whether AI content can be copyrighted.
• Carlo Iacono thinks poor design is the culprit behind the decline in reading, but I would bet he is wrong.
• Maris Kreizman is right in that we must fight the book banning bill currently before the USA House of Representatives.
• Lincoln Michel explains what not reading does to your writing.

P.S. I have been finalizing my conference schedule for the year. My first big conference will be Thrillerfest (NYC) in May, and I am also going to be at Western Writers of America (St Louis), Stokercon (Pittsburgh), Killer Nashville (Franklin TN), and Colorado Gold (Denver).