The AI Revolution in Book Publishing

The AI Revolution in Book Publishing

Thad McIlroy
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Table of Contents

The AI Revolution in Book Publishing

  • Introduction
    • Is it a book?
    • Publisher pain with AI itself
    • Will it be just what you need to know?
    • Who is this book for?
    • Accessibility, both broadly and specifically
    • Some housekeeping
  • Why AI Now?
  • AI: Getting Started
  • AI: A Very Brief History
  • Understanding AI and Some Key Terminology
    • Prompts and Prompting
    • Large Language Model (LLM)
    • Generative AI
    • Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT)
    • ChatGPT
    • Corpus
  • AI Software: The System Heavyweights
    • Software Paradigms
    • Three kinds of AI software
  • Working with AI Software
  • Training for Chat AI
    • Prompts and prompting
    • How to prompt
  • Hallucinations: A Fly in the Ointment
    • It’s getting (a lot) better
  • What About Images and Video?
  • Software for Book Publishers
    • Business software for book publishing
    • AI software for book publishers: the startups
  • AI and Book Publishing: the Industry Associations
  • What are Publishing Companies Doing About AI?
  • AI and Book Publishing: The Use Cases
    • AI for book design & production
    • AI & book marketing
    • AI and metadata
    • Declaring AI use in metadata
  • AI Strategies for Book Publishing Companies
    • Developing and communicating AI policies
    • Job considerations
  • AI for Audiobooks
  • AI for Book Translation
  • AI for Scholarly Publishing
  • AI for Authors
  • Concerns and Risks Surrounding AI
    • Copyright infringed?
    • Copyright and AI for authors
    • What are the long-term implications?
    • Licensing content to AI companies
    • It’s too late to avoid AI
    • When authors use AI
    • Can AI be reliably detected in writing?
    • Job loss
    • Education
    • The future of search
    • Junk books on Amazon
    • Bias and Deepfake Images
  • Creativity can be a Cliché
  • Sentient Creatures
  • Essay: The Impact of AI on the Book Publishing Industry
    • The real-world consequences of AI
    • Publishing has been in economic decline for decades
    • Book publishing salaries
    • The three (and-a-half) remaining advantages for traditional book publishers
    • Self-publishing
    • Hybrid publishers
    • Publishing beyond publishers
    • Innovation, technology and book publishing
    • The innovator’s dilemma
    • Fiction versus nonfiction
    • Is there an existential threat to authors?
    • Books contain treasures
    • Content containers in multiple media
    • Creative silos
    • Discovery and conversion
    • The future of copyright
    • Writers & readers
    • AI can communicate
  • Conclusion
  • Some Additional Sources
  • Side Note: Credentials for Writing This Book
    • Disclosures
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Sponsors
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Revised May, 2025! The AI Revolution in Book Publishing brings authors and publishers into the AI conversation, gently, and slowly, telling you only what you need to know.

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  1. Introduction

  2. Why AI Now?

  3. AI: Getting Started

  4. AI: A Very Brief History

  5. Understanding AI and Some Key Terminology

  6. AI Software: The System Heavyweights

  7. Working with AI Software

  8. Training for Chat AI

  9. Hallucinations: A Fly in the Ointment

  10. What About Images and Video?

  11. Software for Book Publishers

  12. AI and Book Publishing: the Industry Associations

  13. What are Publishing Companies Doing About AI?

  14. AI and Book Publishing: The Use Cases

  15. AI Strategies for Book Publishing Companies

  16. AI for Audiobooks

  17. AI for Book Translation

  18. AI for Scholarly Publishing

  19. AI for Authors

  20. Concerns and Risks Surrounding AI

  21. Creativity can be a Cliché

  22. Sentient Creatures

  23. Essay: The Impact of AI on the Book Publishing Industry

  24. Conclusion

  25. Some Additional Sources

  26. Side Note: Credentials for Writing This Book

  27. About the Author

  28. Acknowledgements

  29. Sponsors