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@FinanceYF5: 1/ AI-written books have already taken nearly 40% of sales. Self-published new book titles have surged nearly 40-fold, but actual books sold and revenue only grew 7-9 times. Low-cost, high-volume "Book Slop" is diluting the entire market.

X AI KOLs Following ↗ · 2026-08-10 Cached

AI-written books have captured nearly 40% of sales. The number of self-published new books has surged nearly 40-fold, but actual sales and revenue only grew 7-9 times. Low-cost, high-volume "Book Slop" is diluting the entire market.

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Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

TechCrunch AI ↗ · 2026-05-21 Cached

Spotify announces a new ElevenLabs-powered tool for self-publishing audiobooks within its Spotify for Authors platform, launching in beta this June with English support.

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Evidence mounts that AI-written books are consuming the publishing industry: in 2025, the number of self-published books jumped by 40% YoY, from 2.5 million to 3.5 million. Running a random sample of these books through an AI detection tool shows a 40% YoY increase in books flagged as AI.

Reddit r/artificial ↗ · 2026-04-19

Self-published books surged 40% year-over-year in 2025 (2.5M to 3.5M), with AI detection tools flagging a corresponding 40% increase in AI-written content, showing nearly 20% of sampled novels contain substantial AI-generated text.

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self-publishing

@FinanceYF5: 1/ AI-written books have already taken nearly 40% of sales. Self-published new book titles have surged nearly 40-fold, but actual books sold and revenue only grew 7-9 times. Low-cost, high-volume "Book Slop" is diluting the entire market.

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Evidence mounts that AI-written books are consuming the publishing industry: in 2025, the number of self-published books jumped by 40% YoY, from 2.5 million to 3.5 million. Running a random sample of these books through an AI detection tool shows a 40% YoY increase in books flagged as AI.

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