AI generated content, Amazon bestsellers and podcast lauches

A word from our founder...

We are moving into Q4 of a year that has been full of change in the world of content and publishing. It is no longer about “can we accept AI?”, it is about “AI is here, so how do we incorporate it into our ethics and our contracts – what does it mean for copyright?” Looking ahead, expect the emergence of louder debate in the publishing world as it seeks to establish how we can leverage the benefits AI brings to nonfiction book production, whilst protecting key principles of human knowledge, ownership, and quality intact — Georgia Kirke

This month at WBR...

This month the WBR team had a valuable session on team communications and working styles using our Kolbe scores. Knowing how to get the best out of each other is vital to a high-performing team. A short quiz on the teams scores was a great reminder of how we all like to work, and provided new insights on how we can support each other and our clients. Find your Kolbe here: https://www.kolbe.com/

Client success

Adam Cerra, expert high-ticket coach and creator of the successful Inverse Closing? Method, launched his new book, High Ticket Revolution: From Zero to $ix Figures – A Closer’s Journey to Wealth, earlier this month. Within a week, he had managed to achieve not only a #1 Amazon Best Seller but also #1 Most-Gifted! Find more tricks to create a successful launch campaign here.

Content creator of the month

This month, we’re delighted to shout out the talented Dolly Waddell, a speaker and executive coach aiming to help leaders discover what it takes to be extra-ordinary today. Dolly’s fresh and insightful new podcast, Extra-Ordinary Leaders, launched earlier this month to huge success – rocketing to the top 50 of the careers category of Apple Podcasts within her first week! Read more of her story here.

SEO content writing

Without solid SEO, it is hard for your target audience to find and benefit from your expert content. Our blog is full of resources and advice to make your website effective and easily discovered. Our SEO copywriter, Sogi Chukwuanu, has written a guide with her top 5 tips for SEO that boosts your visibility.

Stand out publishing submissions

Securing a publisher requires a submission that makes your book stand out from the competition. Our Senior Editor, Kat Lewis, has helped many of our clients put together publisher submissions that get noticed. She has put together some solid advice that will help your submission shine. Read more here.

AI generated vs AI assisted: whats the difference?

How are you using AI in your business?

We have been keeping a close eye on the rise of AI and its impact on book publishing. Back in March ‘23, we released a white paper assessing its ability to work with transcripts. A more recent development of great interest to us has been Amazon’s updates to Kindle Direct Publishing’s content guidelines. Authors are now required to declare all AI-generated content in their work.

By Amazon’s definition, AI-generated content is “text, images or translations created by an AI-based tool” – no matter how much the content has been edited afterwards. AI-assisted content on the other hand uses AI-based tools to “edit, refine, error-check or otherwise improve” content that a human has created themselves.

This distinction between AI-generated and AI-assisted content is important to get right Can AI generate content just as well as a human can? We have set ourselves the challenge of finding out – watch this space for what we have learned!

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