A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: Possible Effects of AI-Produced Books on Authors and Publishers
It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. This week, we react to a recent announcement by Spines that it plans to publish 8000 AI-generated books in 2025. This is of concern. The Haystack Grows Already, it is very difficult for any one book to achieve sufficient visibility to garner good sales. This infusion of books would create a situation of market saturation. Finding any particular book (or getting one seen) (discoverability) becomes that much harder for authors and publishers. Wallets Deplete The effect of the growing difficulty associated with discoverability means that publishers and authors will need to take out more advertising in various forms. More often than ...