Award-winning AI literature(jamesyu.org)
56 points by jamesjyu | 73 comments
A curated list of 33 literary awards since 2016 given to works where AI was used or suspected in the writing, grouped by allowed, confirmed, suspected, and withdrawn cases.
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13 stories tagged publishing, newest first.
The Lucrative World of Literary Scams(thedial.world)
56 points by samclemens | 8 comments
A reported essay in The Dial by Snigdha Poonam investigating AI-assisted scams targeting authors, such as fake book clubs, publishers, and agents.
Why We're Banning AI(currentaffairs.org)
187 points by vinyl7 | 140 comments
Current Affairs magazine article explaining the publication's decision to ban the use of AI in its work.
Sally Rooney can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support(theguardian.com)
9 points by gojiberries | 0 comments
Guardian news article reporting that author Sally Rooney says she can no longer receive UK royalties or visit the UK due to her support for proscribed group Palestine Action.
Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers(jacobin.com)
96 points by PaulHoule | 67 comments
Jacobin article arguing that publishers abandoned the mass-market paperback and then blamed readers for declining reading.
Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI(bbc.com)
24 points by harscoat | 33 comments
BBC News article on the controversy in France over an award-winning author accused of using AI to write his work.
Women Who Sold Books Door to Door(daily.jstor.org)
57 points by herbertl | 6 comments
JSTOR Daily article examining three nineteenth-century memoirs by women who worked as traveling door-to-door booksellers.
The Amazon tax(seths.blog)
1311 points by herbertl | 659 comments
Seth Godin blog post arguing Amazon's search ad revenue functions as a tax on merchants and publishers, distorting search results for shoppers.
Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?(tim.blog)
380 points by imakwana | 431 comments
Tim Ferriss blog post examining whether AI has hurt how-to nonfiction book sales, using industry trends and his own sales data.
A Fond Farewell(farmersalmanac.com)
543 points by erhuve | 196 comments
A farewell announcement from the Farmers' Almanac, apparently about the publication ending; the page itself loaded blank.
How to post when no one is reading(jeetmehta.com)
598 points by j4mehta | 240 comments
Personal blog essay arguing creators should keep publishing through years of obscurity, since mastery and audience take a long time to build.
I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time(samj.substack.com)
362 points by url | 264 comments
Sam Jordison's Substack essay reflecting on his 2003 book Crap Towns and whether such a book could be published today.
I would rather see my books get pirated than this(janefriedman.com)
697 points by ilamont | 403 comments
Blog post by author Jane Friedman about AI-generated books falsely sold under her name on Amazon and listed on Goodreads, and the platforms' reluctance to remove them.