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AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors

AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for human-written titles too, in seven of eight genres. The findings could give copyright plaintiffs the market-harm data their cases against AI companies have been missing.

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AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors

Amazon's catalog grew 38.3x since 2023 while revenue grew 8.9x; AI books claim 31% of Top 25 entries despite 12.1% of sales. Revenue per book fell in seven of eight genres including human titles—market dilution from AI-scale supply flooding the catalog.

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Evidence of unfair use: AI books squeeze human authors out of the market

AI-written ebooks surged 19-fold on Amazon (2023-2026) while revenue grew 9-fold, crowding human authors. First evidence that LLMs trained on copyrighted works create competing commercial content—establishing copyright liability for AI companies and compliance exposure for tech enterprises.

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venerdì 14 agosto 2026·businessinsider.com
Evidence of unfair use: AI books squeeze human authors out of the market
Anthropic's AI training using millions of used books raised copyright concerns. The market impact of AI-generated content is a key issue.
sabato 15 agosto 2026·the-decoder.com
AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors
AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for…