# AI’s New Side Hustle: Spines the Publisher
In the latest chapter of humanity’s love-hate relationship with AI, a startup named Spines is planning to unleash an avalanche of new literature — up to 8,000 books in a single year! But don’t get too excited. It seems producing books with AI comes at a price… quite a hefty one. Let’s dive into the bookish chaos that is Spines, a company that appears to think that writing can be just as lucrative as… well, printing money.
## Key Points from the Article:
– **Costly Contributions**: Authors will fork over a whopping $1,200 to $5,000 for Spines’s AI-enabled editing and distribution services. Can you say “publish or perish?”
– **AI Overload**: Spines isn’t just dabbing its toes in the AI pool; it’s planning to dive in headfirst by churning out 8,000 books next year. Talk about a literary tsunami!
– **Mixed Reactions**: The writerly crowd is understandably miffed about a startup using AI to pump books out like a vending machine. The literary world is rife with opinions – and they aren’t all praise!
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As part of this experiment I would like to give credit where credit is due. If you enjoy these, please take a moment to read the original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/26/writers-condemn-startups-plans-to-publish-8000-books-next-year-using-ai-spines-artificial-intelligence
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