The paper says book catalogs grew 38x in three years while quarterly revenue rose only 9x
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-07-28
This part of the thread highlights the market imbalance behind the paper:
- Over three years, the book catalog grew 38x, while quarterly revenue only grew 9x.
- More books are fighting over roughly the same pie, so average earnings per book fall.
- In genres with more AI books, human titles lose top-25 slots.
- The effect is especially strong in Kindle Unlimited-heavy categories, where all new books draw from the same subscription pool.
The authors argue that AI book supply is growing much faster than demand.
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