It turns out the majority of barely mediocre self published books are hard to distinguish from the barely mediocre AI books.
Who would have guessed!
When no one can carry a tune in an echo chamber all you get is noise.
Wafflinson on
Honestly think this might kill the self publishing industry. It was already hard for an independent writer to get noticed before every channel was swamped by slop.
If the big publishers keep their hands clean they might be the big winners.
Handyandy58 on
I’m sure Amazon doesn’t actually care. What incentive do they have to correct this? If people are buying them, then it’s a signal to Amazon that readers aren’t really concerned about whether the books are being quasi-plagiarized or are of low quality. Amazon has never really been too interested in curation, so why would they start now?
Bognosticator on
Struggling to *cheaply* stem the flood. There’s a solution, but it involves quality assurance staff. Staff who will want to be paid.
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That’s actually kind of hilarious tbh
It turns out the majority of barely mediocre self published books are hard to distinguish from the barely mediocre AI books.
Who would have guessed!
When no one can carry a tune in an echo chamber all you get is noise.
Honestly think this might kill the self publishing industry. It was already hard for an independent writer to get noticed before every channel was swamped by slop.
If the big publishers keep their hands clean they might be the big winners.
I’m sure Amazon doesn’t actually care. What incentive do they have to correct this? If people are buying them, then it’s a signal to Amazon that readers aren’t really concerned about whether the books are being quasi-plagiarized or are of low quality. Amazon has never really been too interested in curation, so why would they start now?
Struggling to *cheaply* stem the flood. There’s a solution, but it involves quality assurance staff. Staff who will want to be paid.