New Study: Amazon Flooded with AI-Generated Books That Crowd Out Non-AI Book Sales
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-07-30
A new study using full-text AI detection analyzed self-published genre fiction on Amazon from 2023 to March 2026, finding that books with substantial AI text are prevalent, earning significant money, and crowding out sales of non-AI books. The study notes that a book doesn't need high quality to have market impact; generative AI enables thousands of low-quality books.
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