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If You Want To Make Money Writing Books, Don’t Make This Mistake
Passive income sounds great until you realize you’re competing with thousands of authors wanting the same thing.
I opened Amazon’s Kindle store the other day and noticed an author who’d published several novels in a single month, all with tons of five-star reviews. Curious, I clicked on his profile, expecting a diverse range of beautiful literature.
Nope.
All of them had recycled plots, dialogue that sounded like two chatbots negotiating a hostage release. And all of the positive reviews said the same thing word-for-word, that his books were “the greatest pieces of literature ever written.”
Sorry, but this AI slop phenomenon is getting out of hand. And if you want my hot take, Amazon will soon have a billion authors, none of whom have ever actually written a book, selling novels to readers who are increasingly convinced nobody knows how to write well anymore.
Research discussed by the National Bureau of Economic Research puts Amazon’s monthly ebook releases at more than 300,000 by late 2025, up from roughly 100,000 before the AI boom. I don’t know who needs that many new books, unless there’s a secret society of productivity bros who’ve developed the ability to…
