{"slug": "ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors", "title": "AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors", "summary": "AI-generated books now make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but generate only 12 percent of sales, according to a new study. The study also found that revenue per book for human-written titles is declining in seven of eight genres, providing market-harm data that copyright plaintiffs could use in cases against AI companies.", "body_md": "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.\n\nThe article [AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors](https://the-decoder.com/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors/", "published_at": "2026-08-15 11:00:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-15 11:41:21.150897+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Amazon", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors.jsonld"}}