You might say that Amazon’s journey into ecommerce started with books, but AI generated books might be the end of kindle or its monopoly, unless its regulated or at the very least recognised as a different category altogether.Įxperts like Mary Rasenberger, executive director of writers’ group the Authors Guild, also warns that the influx of books created using AI could flood the market and result in a lot of low-quality books. But the advent of Generative AI chatbots could very well cost the giant its reputation with the ardent readers, who might ditch it for actual books by real authors. Amazon’s entry into the book market in 1995 brought significant changes to the publishing industry, including the explosion of self-publishing and the decline of physical bookstores. However, many authors feel no duty to disclose in the Kindle store that their book was written entirely by a computer, in part because Amazon’s policies do not require it, making it nearly impossible to get a full account of how many e-books may be written by AI.Īmazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing which launched in 2007, makes it easy for authors to self-publish and market their books without the need for literary agents or publishers. There are books ranging from fantasy fiction to self-help and non-fiction with Titles such as ‘ChatGPT smarter than humans?’, ‘Make more money with ChatGPT. There were over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle store listing ChatGPT as an author or co-author, as of mid-February, with the number rising daily, according to Reuters. This has become a matter of concern for authors and people from the literary eco system who are concerned about the quality and originality of these books. Writing a book is a complex task which requires months and years of literary labour and moments of genius, but text generating AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT has made it easier for wannabe authors to whip out books in a matter of hours.Īccording to several reports, Amazon’s self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing, is increasingly flooded with books generated by AI.
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