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There’s a version of this conversation that goes: “Can AI write a better book than a human?” That’s the wrong question, and honestly a bit of a distraction. The more interesting and more immediately useful story is about speed, not talent, and it’s already playing out in real sales numbers. Traditional publishing is slow. AI-equipped…
https://a.co/d/064948Lo If you’ve spent any time in the dark mafia romance corners of BookTok, you already know the name. Somme Sketcher built the Sinners Anonymous series into one of the genre’s most devoted fandoms, and she did it the old-fashioned indie way: one slow burn at a time, with readers who refuse to shut up…
Every month, Publishers Weekly runs a column called Indie Spotlight through its BookLife platform, a themed roundup of self-published titles with a short author statement for each one. July’s edition focuses on fiction, and it’s worth knowing about for two reasons: it’s a genuinely interesting window into what indie authors are actually writing about right…