How AI accusations are disrupting publishing deals and literary prizes
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Accusations of AI use are sending shock waves through publishing, with authors losing lucrative deals and writers removed from prize shortlists. Romance novelist Coral Hart, who began self-publishing in 2012 after Mills & Boon, says Kindle Unlimited rewards prolific output and that some authors hire many ghostwriters to keep pace. Since 2025 she has written 370 novels under 21 pen names using AI, earning high six figures while paid only for pages read, and argues weak craft still produces poor books even with AI.
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