Books Written by AI Slip Into Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, “The Manuscript Is So Neat It’s a Little Creepy”

AI-generated writing is rapidly entering traditional publishers, social science books, web fiction platforms, and academic papers.

Readers questioned the authenticity of Fengquan Jishi: Ai, Shuju he Quanli, while editors say AI manuscripts are getting harder to spot.

Detection tools are proving unreliable, raising new concerns about authorship, quality control, and trust in publishing.

Some writers and editors are already using AI for co-writing, selection, and drafting workflows.