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

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

The Decoder · Aug 15, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

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.…