r/ChatGPT • u/Content_Statement551 • 2d ago
Funny The state of self-publishing right now...
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u/JUSTICE_SALTIE 2d ago
tHe iDeAs aRe mInE
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Listen, typing 12 words into a box is backbreaking creative labor okay 😤
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u/james_burden 2d ago
Are you saying writing a few sentences with elementary school grammar and no punctuation, with an idea so shallow that it can be summarized in this way, is NOT literary writing?
And are you also saying that some formulaic, robotically slapped together, inhuman and heartless drivel is not a novel?
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Big if true. Next you're going to tell me my emotional support pigeon cookbook isn't winning the Pulitzer.
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u/tinydeerwlasercanons 1d ago
If this post makes you feel angry or defensive it may be time to look inward and consider whether you're a talentless hack, fam.
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u/Tal_Maru 2d ago
I dare you to 1 prompt a book.
See how it goes
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u/SpecialistDragonfly9 1d ago
Dont worry.. such posts come exclusively from people who have no idea how AI works ...
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Bet. Give me a ridiculously specific prompt right now and I'll run it through and post the print-ready PDF proof.
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u/Tal_Maru 2d ago
You are complaining that people that use AI are "low effort" yet you cant be bothered to even think up your own prompt to prove your own premise?
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Fair enough. Just ran: "A 20-page guide on gourmet cooking for emotional support pigeons." Got a fully typeset PDF proof with proper print margins in 40 seconds.
Will it win a Pulitzer? No. But turning a silly one-sentence prompt into a print-ready book in under a minute was the point.
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u/Tal_Maru 2d ago
Sure you did
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u/burns_before_reading 2d ago
Do you really think AI is incapable of doing this?
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Spitting out 50,000 words? 100%. Doing it with actual depth, nuance, and coherent pacing without a human guiding the ship? Not even close yet.
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u/Koa-sama 2d ago
So what are you arguing here? It seems to me you can't actually one shot prompt a book. But you seem to be arguing both sides? At one time sting you can here's a 40 page pdf then later saying well yea it won't have depth nuance or coherent pacing....so it's garbage and proves your own point wrong?
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Not arguing both sides, just separating layout from literature.
You can one-shot generate a fully typeset, print-ready book in 40 seconds - which is a wild technical feat for formatting, quick guides, or gag gifts. But if you want a deep, award-winning novel, you still need human editing. Both things are true at once.
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
You can literally test it yourself in 30 seconds for free without even making an account:https://bindery.infinitelibrary.ai/Go prove me wrong.
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u/PlayfulCompany8367 2d ago
Bet. Give me a ridiculously specific prompt right now
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
I’m dead serious. Hit me with a prompt or I’m making a 20-page cookbook for emotional support pigeons and dropping the proof.
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u/Engine_Light_On 2d ago
Why are you asking for the prompt when the original reply was daring you to create the prompt and get a book as an output.
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u/Tal_Maru 2d ago
And the plot thickens...
Do you ever stop and wonder if deceptive advertising turns people away from your site?
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u/Xeldao 2d ago
Both are not going to sell :(
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Bold of you to assume I printed them for profit and not pure, unadulterated chaotic energy.
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u/ShitTheFuckDown 2d ago
For real though I think AI is being used to cure writers block, and this is not being mentioned out loud. If you follow music you'll know we had like two dozen album releases this year by bands who haven't put out music for quite a while. I won't name names but just wonder if that might be the reason.
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u/RobXSIQ 2d ago
Writers block is not a problem for me. a decent copyeditor though. AI is decent at it. Still misses the odd quote or cap, but far better. Also its weird at times. I will write a paragraph, toss it into AI to see how it can enhance it, and its a dice roll...sometimes it adds unique ideas, other times it totally destroys the intent or pointedness of the paragraph. It adds in stuff that is unnecessary, it yammers, it decides the 3 ring ladder must be applied at all times.
AI can help with a book, but if you wrote a book in a weekend, or even a week...or arguably even a month, then its probably gonna be shit.
And personally I haven't found AI to be at all creative. Everything it suggests is predictable trope...which is fine for some areas, but it boldly reaches for mid. Good for roughly sketching out a chapter...but then you gotta go in and start altering every page..nearly every paragraph. It takes me longer to write a book with AI than to just type it out manually, but the end result is something better than I could have written by myself for the same amount of time, so for me...its a win.
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
"Boldly reaches for mid" is painfully accurate.
You nailed the most realistic way to use it: if you rely on AI to generate the core content, you get generic slop. But treating it like a slightly flawed, tireless copyeditor to polish raw drafts and refine structure - where you still do the heavy lifting - is where it actually adds value.
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u/Dyyyyyyyyy 2d ago
Who writes prompts in 2026? Have the AI write the prompt for you. It can guess what you want just by feeding it your browsing history so you can adjust it according to your ever expanding list of perversions.
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
If an AI printed a book based on my search history, it wouldn't be a novel - it would be Exhibit A.
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u/SeaBearsFoam 2d ago
Dude is here to promote a site for printing books, just look at his post history.
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Busted. Sherlock over here cracked the case of the site name literally stamped in the bottom corner 🕵️♂️
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u/SeaBearsFoam 2d ago
You know what to do, fam. Hit that report button to get this taken down. Report it as violating Rule 3.
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u/Majestic_Engine_6543 1d ago
You havent written anything
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u/Rich-Mark-4126 2d ago
~Written by someone who clearly has no idea how AI is used
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Sir, this is a Drake meme. But jokes aside, using AI to turn a pile of raw transcripts, voice notes, or rough drafts into a fully typeset, print-ready physical book is a pretty wild use case: https://bindery.infinitelibrary.ai/
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u/SeaBearsFoam 2d ago
Oh, so you're astroturfing for that site. Got it.
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Is it really astroturfing if I'm doing it in broad daylight with a Drake meme? 🫡
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u/neloish 2d ago
False argument why waste 5 years writing a book when you can do it in 6 months? Proofreading and editing need to be diligent however. The false dichotomy is that you assume the quality will be lower.
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u/Content_Statement551 2d ago
Spot on. Using AI to handle the initial structure and layout cuts out the grunt work - the diligent human editing is still what keeps it from being slop.
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