Study: Amazon Flooded with AI-Generated Books, Crowding Out Human Authors' Sales
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-07-28
A new paper utilized Pangram's full-text AI detection tool to analyze self-published genre fiction on Amazon from 2023 to March 2026.
The research reveals that Amazon is currently flooded with books containing substantial AI-generated text. These books are not only earning significant revenue but, more importantly, are materially crowding out the sales of non-AI books. The study notes that a book doesn't need to be high quality to have a market impact; generative AI enables the production of thousands of such books, heavily impacting the market.
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