Here are a few stories to read this morning.

• Jane Friedman argues that author conferences shouldn’t ignore AI, which is a surprise to me because all the conferences I’ve been to have had panels on AI.
• Scammers are impersonating one of my colleagues.  (this happened to me, too)
• B&N is buying a Kentucky-based indie bookseller.
• The Walrus does a deep dive into Wattpad.
• Kobo has rebuilt the sync function in their ereaders.
• Victoria Strauss digs into a lawsuit against a vanity press scammer.