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Stop Shredding Books for Robots Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Stop Shredding Books for Robots Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Stop shredding books for robots. Companies are buying up print runs, slicing the spines off and feeding the pages through scanners so a model can absorb them, and the physical book does not survive the process, which the bookseller in the tee learned from a court filing. Books are not raw material. This tee objects to the shredder.

Wear it to the bookstore, the library conference, the authors' guild meeting, the courthouse on the day the filing is read, and the family dinner where a relative says they were only paperbacks. It is a strong gift for a bookseller, a librarian, an author, and the friend who read the filing.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a bookstore floor. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the shredder entry on our book bans and libraries page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Did this really happen? It is in the court filings: millions of print books bought, cut apart and scanned. The tee is the objection.

Would a bookstore staff order these? Staffs do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do booksellers pick? Black and Ivory. Bay for the conference.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the library board meeting, Banned Books Week, storytime, the bookstore.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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