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AI Will Destroy The Authoring Of Novels (and Here’s How It Will Happen).
It will start with airport novel franchises
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Do you know who really wrote the fiction book you’re currently reading? Did you buy it because you like the author, or were familiar with the book series, or are a fan of a particular literary genre? Well, the publishing industry is studying you. And getting ready for much higher profits. And, perhaps, starting to unconsciously engineer the beginnings of its demise.
As part of the irresistible spread of “sequelization” — by far the currently preferred business model in the entertainment industry (in 2024 every single one of the 10 most successful films has been a sequel) — the long-standing adoption by fiction publishers of “brand” and “franchise” strategies is accelerating. These strategies create an ideal host environment for AI to simply replace human authors in the near future.
The series as franchise; the author as brand
Successful authors have long had strong name recognition, and this, when combined with a focus on a particular literary genre, has in turn enabled the creation of highly successful multi-title fiction franchises. Examples are legion, ranging from Agatha…