The authors of the books didn't get anything because this article is an April fools joke ("Update: April fools" at the bottom).
Hypothetically if it were a real scheme, it doesn't seem like it'd displace a sale given the summaries are only for books the library has already bought.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 24.6 ms ] thread“summarize the main ideas of this book”
“Tell me more about this idea”
“Tell me more about that”
> Tuesday, April 1
But it's... believable, plausible. Well let's hope it's an April-first thing...
Hypothetically if it were a real scheme, it doesn't seem like it'd displace a sale given the summaries are only for books the library has already bought.