Paper Tiger | Trad Pub put AI Art on a book cover & READERS HATE IT | Self-published author reacts @PaperTigerProductions | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Bantam Press put AI art on book cover instead of commissioning a cover illustration from long-time cover artist, Steve Stone. For a NEW RELEASE from Ian C. Esslemont, a traditionally published author who's sold over 1 million books. From an imprint of Penguin Random House. For Malazan, one of the biggest fantasy series in existence. 🤦🏻♀️
The news:
Penguin → penguin.co.uk/books/440306/forge-of-the-high-mage-by-esslemont-ian-c/9781473571242
Malazan Empire → forum.malazanempire.com/topic/34182-forge-of-the-high-mage-news
Werthead:
1. Twitter → twitter.com/Werthead/status/1577559771623858179/retweets/with_comments
2. r/Fantasy → reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/xw82es/ian_cameron_esslemonts_new_malazan_novel_finally
Reactions:
3. r/Malazan → reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/xvxipw/forge_of_the_high_mage_uk_cover
4. @DanielGreeneReviews
Twitter → twitter.com/DanielBGreene/status/1578438385210834946
Fantasy News → youtu.be/5i8BfbpOXOw?t=202
5. @PetrikLeo→ youtu.be/JBbhHFmON98?t=1243
Full list of references further down in the description.
// JUMP TO
0:00 Reactions
2:29 Who did this?
3:31 Why use AI art?
4:37 A Midjourney experiment?
5:04 Implications for publishing
6:57 How will this affect book sales?
7:58 How will this impact cover artists & illustrators?
9:32 What does this mean for trad pub authors?
10:21 Bantam Press messed up
10:48 How AI art generators work & why they're so problematic
14:21 Is there a solution?
15:02 Another problematic application of AI technology
16:04 Should publishers use AI art to produce books?
#authortube #selfpublishing #aiart
// WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
My tinfoil hat theory on Amazon and AI fiction:
Amazon's top secret plan is BAD news → youtu.be/FRdUkz3s3Rk
// REFERENCES
Bantam Press structure → thebookseller.com/news/transworld-launches-new-imprint-and-unveils-refreshed-branding-and-promotions
Esslemont sales → thewertzone.blogspot.com/2021/09/ian-c-esslemont-sells-million-books.html
Steve Stone:
Artist website → stonenexusdarkarts.com
Instagram → instagram.com/stonenexus
Twitter theory → twitter.com/CoreyBrickley/status/1577762235493105665
Michael Whelan:
Stormlight covers → michaelwhelan.com/stormlight
Dataset → laion-aesthetic.datasette.io/laion-aesthetic-6pls/images?_search=%22michael+whelan%22&_sort=rowid
AI TECHNOLOGY:
James Zou, Stanford researcher, on AI data deletion:
Presentation → youtu.be/BSTWzl8rbjw
Research paper → proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2019/file/cb79f8fa58b91d3af6c9c991f63962d3-Paper.pdf
References "Humans Forget, Machines Remember" research paper → papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3018186
Getty Images & Shutterstock ban AI art, via Peta Pixel → petapixel.com/2022/09/21/getty-images-ban-ai-generated-pictures-shutterstock-following-suit
ALLi:
Practical and Ethical Guidelines for AI use → selfpublishingadvice.org/ai-for-authors-guidelines
Impact of AI art on authors → selfpublishingadvice.org/ai-art-indie-authors
20Booksto50k discussion: facebook.com/groups/20Booksto50k/posts/4947445975361827
How it works:
Neural networks → youtu.be/jmmW0F0biz0
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) → youtu.be/TpMIssRdhco
Convolution Neural Networks → youtu.be/QzY57FaENXg
Maths behind CNNs → towardsdatascience.com/gentle-dive-into-math-behind-convolutional-neural-networks-79a07dd44cf9
AI art generators:
Stable Diffusion public release → stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release
@Vox explainer → youtu.be/SVcsDDABEkM
AI data laundering, via Waxy → waxy.org/2022/09/ai-data-laundering-how-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers-shield-tech-companies-from-accountability
Stable Diffusion data set, via Waxy → waxy.org/2022/08/exploring-12-million-of-the-images-used-to-train-stable-diffusions-image-generator
AI copying a signature, via Kotaku → kotaku.com/ai-art-dall-e-midjourney-stable-diffusion-copyright-1849388060
AI copying a watermark, via @Jazza → youtu.be/4zEYcFlv3HM?t=473
AI understanding → garymarcus.substack.com/p/form-function-and-the-giant-gulf
Midler vs Ford 1988 judgement → https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/tfisher/1988%20Midler.pdf
AI Fiction, via The Verge → theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper
// RESOURCES
A NaNoWriMo word count goal calculator:
→ bit.ly/nanowordcountgoalcalculator
A simple word count progress tracker:
→ bit.ly/2U1601w
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story books for kids aged 2-6:
Today is my Birthday! → books2read.com/todayismybirthday
Cycling in Spring → books2read.com/cyclinginspring
My debut epic fantasy novel:
Petition (Resonance Crystal Legacy, Book 1) → books2read.com/petition
Bantam Press put AI art on book cover instead of commissioning a cover illustration from long-time cover artist, Steve Stone. For a NEW RELEASE from Ian C. Esslemont, a traditionally published author who's sold over 1 million books. From an imprint of Penguin Random House. For Malazan, one of the biggest fantasy series in existence. 🤦🏻♀️
The news:
Penguin → penguin.co.uk/books/440306/forge-of-the-high-mage-by-esslemont-ian-c/9781473571242
Malazan Empire → forum.malazanempire.com/topic/34182-forge-of-the-high-mage-news
Werthead:
1. Twitter → twitter.com/Werthead/status/1577559771623858179/retweets/with_comments
2. r/Fantasy → reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/xw82es/ian_cameron_esslemonts_new_malazan_novel_finally
Reactions:
3. r/Malazan → reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/xvxipw/forge_of_the_high_mage_uk_cover
4. @DanielGreeneReviews
Twitter → twitter.com/DanielBGreene/status/1578438385210834946
Fantasy News → youtu.be/5i8BfbpOXOw?t=202
5. @PetrikLeo→ youtu.be/JBbhHFmON98?t=1243
Full list of references further down in the description.
// JUMP TO
0:00 Reactions
2:29 Who did this?
3:31 Why use AI art?
4:37 A Midjourney experiment?
5:04 Implications for publishing
6:57 How will this affect book sales?
7:58 How will this impact cover artists & illustrators?
9:32 What does this mean for trad pub authors?
10:21 Bantam Press messed up
10:48 How AI art generators work & why they're so problematic
14:21 Is there a solution?
15:02 Another problematic application of AI technology
16:04 Should publishers use AI art to produce books?
#authortube #selfpublishing #aiart
// WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
My tinfoil hat theory on Amazon and AI fiction:
Amazon's top secret plan is BAD news → youtu.be/FRdUkz3s3Rk
// REFERENCES
Bantam Press structure → thebookseller.com/news/transworld-launches-new-imprint-and-unveils-refreshed-branding-and-promotions
Esslemont sales → thewertzone.blogspot.com/2021/09/ian-c-esslemont-sells-million-books.html
Steve Stone:
Artist website → stonenexusdarkarts.com
Instagram → instagram.com/stonenexus
Twitter theory → twitter.com/CoreyBrickley/status/1577762235493105665
Michael Whelan:
Stormlight covers → michaelwhelan.com/stormlight
Dataset → laion-aesthetic.datasette.io/laion-aesthetic-6pls/images?_search=%22michael+whelan%22&_sort=rowid
AI TECHNOLOGY:
James Zou, Stanford researcher, on AI data deletion:
Presentation → youtu.be/BSTWzl8rbjw
Research paper → proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2019/file/cb79f8fa58b91d3af6c9c991f63962d3-Paper.pdf
References "Humans Forget, Machines Remember" research paper → papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3018186
Getty Images & Shutterstock ban AI art, via Peta Pixel → petapixel.com/2022/09/21/getty-images-ban-ai-generated-pictures-shutterstock-following-suit
ALLi:
Practical and Ethical Guidelines for AI use → selfpublishingadvice.org/ai-for-authors-guidelines
Impact of AI art on authors → selfpublishingadvice.org/ai-art-indie-authors
20Booksto50k discussion: facebook.com/groups/20Booksto50k/posts/4947445975361827
How it works:
Neural networks → youtu.be/jmmW0F0biz0
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) → youtu.be/TpMIssRdhco
Convolution Neural Networks → youtu.be/QzY57FaENXg
Maths behind CNNs → towardsdatascience.com/gentle-dive-into-math-behind-convolutional-neural-networks-79a07dd44cf9
AI art generators:
Stable Diffusion public release → stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release
@Vox explainer → youtu.be/SVcsDDABEkM
AI data laundering, via Waxy → waxy.org/2022/09/ai-data-laundering-how-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers-shield-tech-companies-from-accountability
Stable Diffusion data set, via Waxy → waxy.org/2022/08/exploring-12-million-of-the-images-used-to-train-stable-diffusions-image-generator
AI copying a signature, via Kotaku → kotaku.com/ai-art-dall-e-midjourney-stable-diffusion-copyright-1849388060
AI copying a watermark, via @Jazza → youtu.be/4zEYcFlv3HM?t=473
AI understanding → garymarcus.substack.com/p/form-function-and-the-giant-gulf
Midler vs Ford 1988 judgement → https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/tfisher/1988%20Midler.pdf
AI Fiction, via The Verge → theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper
// RESOURCES
A NaNoWriMo word count goal calculator:
→ bit.ly/nanowordcountgoalcalculator
A simple word count progress tracker:
→ bit.ly/2U1601w
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story books for kids aged 2-6:
Today is my Birthday! → books2read.com/todayismybirthday
Cycling in Spring → books2read.com/cyclinginspring
My debut epic fantasy novel:
Petition (Resonance Crystal Legacy, Book 1) → books2read.com/petition
