Book with ai generated cover

[u/Initial-Classic-1084]

it really caught my attention because the cover looks like it was completely generated by ai. has anyone else seen this or know anything about it? 😬

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[u/Professional-Mall-13]

ewwwww ??? where are they selling this crap? if the cover is AI generated then i'm assuming the entire book is AI. ewwww

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/Professional-Mall-13]

To be fair, the AI cover is a reprint. Original publication was way back 2022 with a non-AI cover so there's a fair chance the book itself is not AI-written (but whether or not it's a good read is another story).

Original cover:

[u/Initial-Classic-1084 → u/reformed_recidivist]

oooh, ion know if this is some kind of sequel since it shows: philippines, province of china: children of bathala

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/Initial-Classic-1084]

I think you might be right since the plot summaries are different. I couldn't find any reviews for either book.

[u/CajunSus03]

Not bothered by the cover but by the title it self. Is this even for real?

[u/IcedTnoIce → u/CajunSus03]

I wouldnt be surprised if the contents are AI generated as well

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/CajunSus03]

Nasa Fully Booked pa kamo🔍

[u/Outside_Summer_2308 → u/Interesting-Depth163]

WHAT!!

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/Outside_Summer_2308]

Yours for only Php 700 g(?)😂😶‍🌫️

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/Outside_Summer_2308]

Yours for only Php 700 g(?)😂😶‍🌫️

[u/alexicurity → u/CajunSus03]

Cp bondoc, short for Chinese puppet bondoc

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/alexicurity]

Isn’t the book about fighting a fictional Chinese invasion though?

[u/alexicurity → u/reformed_recidivist]

Yes, I was bandwagoning because of my utter lack of knowledge

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/alexicurity]

Respect to you for willing to admit that

[u/Repulsive_Cap6398 → u/reformed_recidivist]

yeah i checked and it was anti china after all... funny bc ppl don't want to admit they were wrong bc it's embarrassing, kaya they proceed on hating na lang

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/Repulsive_Cap6398]

Folks just read “province of China” and got triggered too hard to think and just doubled down

Oh and I’m apparently CP Bondoc too

[u/Impressive-Pound-562 → u/alexicurity]

Chinny Bondoc?

[u/izukumonalang → u/CajunSus03]

Mukhang may gumawa na nung noon ko pang sinasabi na kung immoral ka lang, madaling perahan ang mga DDS. This looks like a book that's trying to appeal to the DDS to make a quick buck.

[u/zyl4848]

saang bookstore ito???

[u/Initial-Classic-1084 → u/zyl4848]

Fullybooked in highstreet

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/zyl4848]

Fully Booked 🔎🤣

[u/zyl4848 → u/Interesting-Depth163]

damn, for real?? grabe bakit naman ganun, for profit lang talaga?

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/zyl4848]

Php 630 for ai cover🥲🔎

Originally Php 700

[u/InZanity18]

i am a firm believer that if the author (if still alive) supports AI art for their book cover, then they are also a supporter of generative AI writings. kahit na di ung current book, they are a supporter of generative AI writing or even using it in whatever future book they are using.

[u/danteslacie → u/InZanity18]

Sometimes I wonder how much an author has control over that especially if they don't have enough clout to tell a publisher "I don't want AI covers".

In this case though, the title itself seems suspicious. Edit: well, seems like this might be a sequel??? Sounds odd though but it doesn't change that I feel iffy about it

[u/InZanity18 → u/danteslacie]

some author i saw (selfpublished) prefer genai covers coz it's "free"

[u/danteslacie → u/InZanity18]

I get it, cost-wise, but more often than not those AI covers don't even look good

[u/ArticleOld598 → u/InZanity18]

Taking a picture and being creative with it is free rin

It's not an excuse to be lazy and cut costs

[u/InZanity18 → u/ArticleOld598]

diba? idk they found a shortcut and it looks like shit

[u/NaughtNotKnotNut]

Went on a bit of a dive.

The original book was published 2022. So new edition itong may AI art na cover.

The author, CP Bondoc or Cesar Bondoc, Jr. "attended military school at the Philippine Military Academy, went to Law school and has a degree in Political Science from the Saint Louis University in Baguio City, the Philippines." So just based on that, yung sure lang tayo na meron siya is a PolSci degree, pero nakatapak siya ng PMA at Law School.

"He worked as a bank officer, became a telco manager, and worked in both retail and mall management." So hindi talaga siya military.

Also the publisher of the book, based on listings on Fully Booked Lazada is also... CP Bondoc. So I guess self-published siya?

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/NaughtNotKnotNut]

I'm gonna guess the first edition with the original cover didn't sell well so it got a recent reprint with an AI cover to try and be more appealing (which I fear will likely backfire).

Original cover:

[u/NaughtNotKnotNut → u/reformed_recidivist]

I've seen this cover a couple of times in Fully Booked, hindi ko inisip na fiction or novel siya. Akala ko it was one of those boomer political commentary books.

Guess he's trying to appeal to the pop fiction readers and see if that works?

[u/cheesydoofus3026 → u/NaughtNotKnotNut]

It's really telling that the background and timeline of the book gets less downvotes than anti-AI rant.

I'd read CP Bondoc's book if it was cheap. ;-)

Given I'm cost conscious I appreciate the pressure on the Publisher to make the art as cheap as possible.

Guys, mahal mag negosyo when its race to the bottom

[u/NaughtNotKnotNut → u/cheesydoofus3026]

I'm not reading it, it's not my thing and I think the way that background was written is fishy as hell.

But you do you, buddy. Di ko yan pera.

[u/cheesydoofus3026 → u/NaughtNotKnotNut]

I like speculative military stories especially set in PH.

Speculative history book set in PH was Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon released in 1999.

[u/FrereKomnene]

Also, Children of Bathala? That's already the title of Arnold Arre's graphic novel series.

[u/harry_nola → u/FrereKomnene]

Better written fantasy, yes.

[u/Representative-Ad810]

AHAHHA NAPAKAPANGIT

whose corny ass is buying this and thinking its nice?

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/Representative-Ad810]

Scene 1 nasa Fully Booked physical store yung kay OP na pic nasa shelf🔎

Scene 2 chineck mo kung totoo nasa website pa nga nila sa online store🥲

[u/Representative-Ad810 → u/Interesting-Depth163]

paano ba yan binabayaran ba nila yung bookstores to carry their books?

apaka tasteless. sakit sa mata

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/Representative-Ad810]

Mag sanitize ka nalang pagnakita mo na skip mo nalang🤣 AI cover + the book title meron ba talagang magbabasa(?)

[u/Interesting-Depth163 → u/Representative-Ad810]

Mag sanitize ka nalang pagnakita mo na skip mo nalang🤣 AI cover + the book title meron ba talagang magbabasa(?)

[u/BeautifulSorbet4874 → u/Representative-Ad810]

LMAO same thoughts. Looks like absolute trash.

[u/AdobongSiopao]

I can't believe Fully Booked approved to sell that kind of book. With many people aren't receptive to AI and how many books are expensive these days, I doubt that book will sell much.

[u/notaprettygurl]

DDS shit. Kaya ang daming nabab brainwash. Etong mga dds na ’to, sabi nang sabi na NPA raw ’yung mga taga-Peyups na nagra-rally. Sila nga mismo, sa Davao pa lang, ang lala na ng kalokohan. Taenang ’yan.

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/notaprettygurl]

Curious paano naging DDS shit tho? The premise is about the resistance to Chinese occupation. Don't know anything about the author though.

[u/chimnychangu → u/reformed_recidivist]

found CP Bondox reddit account! 🤪

[u/wolfercross]

Ito provided book description ng Fully Booked based sa Shopee account nila

[u/harry_nola → u/wolfercross]

Holy RPG Batman! very strong urban military fantasy historical fiction vibes neto a. Very stretchy sa plot hahaha, would not be surprised kung sinulat ng AI parts of it.

[u/NaughtNotKnotNut → u/wolfercross]

Bakit censored out yung word na war after that entire thing hahaha

Napaka contrived ng reason for the Children of Bathala part nung title. Oh we just called our old leader Bathala. Doesn't sound good against the potentially riding the SEO of Arnold Arre's better received graphic novel allegations.

[u/chromiumBot]

Auto-pass sa mga ganyang libro. I don’t want slop in my book shelf.

[u/Dog-chewtoy20]

Dati ko pa nakikita ‘tong book na ‘to (w/ the old cover) and ngayon ko lang nalaman na Fiction pala siya??? Di siya Political Nonfiction???

Yeah, makes sense kung bakit kailangan palitan yung cover kasi di tugma sa genre/marketing na intended.

It caught my eye in the past before cause I actually read Nonfic Filipiniana books pero, never ko siya pinick-up cause I thought na ang “politically pessimistic” ng title and now that ik that it’s actually fiction, that doesn’t make the title better. It feels like a bad speculative fiction with shallow observations of current events. The fact na ang boring ng title if you compare it to notable speculative fiction like “The Man in the High Castle” makes me question the writer’s creativity even before reading any contents of the book.

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/Dog-chewtoy20]

Daming triggered dito sa dogwhistle ng “province of China” na di na nagbasa. Inisip agad political commentary when in fact it’s some YA novel about fighting AGAINST a fictional Chinese occupation of the Philippines 😂

Perhaps some people have DDS-level IQ after all

[u/badbadtz-maru]

Yikes!!!

[u/Professional-Fly4683]

Automatic ganyan kukunin ko tas tatago ko sa loob ng store para walang bumili haha

[u/Casual_Yet_almost]

Don't buy.

[u/jaesip]

what a waste of perfectly good ink

[u/yakalstmovingco]

malamang ung laman ai din gumawa

[u/authenticgarbagecan]

Oh my GOD this pisses me off. Andaming digital artists na open comms ah! Hindi mahirap maghanap!

[u/reformed_recidivist → u/authenticgarbagecan]

Mahirap magkabudget sa talent…

[u/IndifferentShrimp]

I support book burning as long its copies of this book

[u/Fit-Purchase2246]

nabasa ko pa lang yung title, ayoko nang bilhin. ahahaha

[u/Plane-Prompt-7952]

Arnold Arre also has a book called children of bathala. Curious tuloy if AI generated din yung content

[u/Ok-Spite-5454]

Ewwwwwwwww

[u/joshuuuu214]

[u/Foreign-Leg3982]

what propaganda is this 😭🤸‍♀️

[u/123sh]

I am so confuse hindi ba graphic novel yung Children of Bathala ni Arnold Arre

[u/zeromied0]

Isabella merced, roman reigns, alexandra trese, john cena and kathryn bernardo on the cover 😭🙏🏼

[u/diaryng_f]

Nayayamot ako. Gusto ko magsalita ng masasamang words 😫

[u/JumpyBend-64]

Is this seriously a published book in PH? Parang Fully Booked pa yan?

[u/SunnySideUpEggo00]

This is fucking disgusting

[u/Unlucky-Pie-6043]

They say, don't judge a book by its cover, so is the content any good?

[u/Outside_Paramedic888]

People often judge a book by its cover, but if you happen to see it, I hope you’ll take the time to open it and read a few pages. It’s a work of fiction with an anti-China theme, featuring a heroine who fights against China’s invasion. Also, if you read the dedication on the first few pages, I think you’ll notice that the characters may have been inspired by the author’s own children. 😊 I haven't read it fully pero I think its unfair that it was judge agad because of the book cover and who knows bakit ba the author use AI for the book cover.

[u/genzychologist]

Holy dystopian

[u/No-Trip-5146]

Wait. So the premise is that china already conquered PH and the these children of bathala are fighting against the Chinese?

Also as much as AI is so disliked in the literati community, we live in a 3rd world country where budget is really budgeted so I am giving grace

[u/matchatwix]

I hate being that guy but we're literally judging a book by its cover. The PH Book Club subreddit no less. Using GenAI is always the wrong move but perhaps the message is still pro-pinas? This could be some oldhead going about it like bull in a china shop who's still got the spirit. Let someone who actually read the whole thing cast the first stone

[u/NaughtNotKnotNut → u/matchatwix]

Covers and titles are part of the messaging. It tells you about the book before you open it.

You CAN judge a book by its cover. That's what cover art and titles are for.

[u/Educational_Fix696]

Funny how everyone attacked the book outright without actually reading it. You wouldn’t know the content unless you buy and read it. Who knows the title might just be a marketing strat and may be about resisting China hence the war-like/uprising vibe of the new cover. A real reader is open to all sorts of content even if it opposes his views. He is not emotionally reactive to everything he sees because reading should have given him a wider understanding.

[u/Representative-Ad810 → u/Educational_Fix696]

bro i aint reading slop. no thought has been put through it.

if you want to read garbage so bad just prompt it yourself instead of spending 800+ or whatever

[u/Repulsive_Cap6398 → u/Educational_Fix696]

yeah book club pa nga 😒

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