3 Major Book Publishing Predictions for 2024

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The book publishing landscape has been in a constant state of flux in recent years. If you’re an aspiring author looking to publish in the future, staying informed about all of these industry developments is important - especially if you’re considering traditional publishing through a Big Five house. As we approach 2024, I’m sharing my predictions about the direction of the book publishing industry and highlighting some key trends to keep an eye on in the upcoming year.
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MY PUBLISHING PREDICTIONS FOR 2024:
01:24 - We’ll see more debates about AI
04:38 - Agents will be more selective than ever
07:23 - Readers will engage with books in new ways
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My name is Alyssa Matesic, and I’m a professional book editor with nearly a decade of book publishing and editorial experience. Throughout my career, I’ve held editorial roles across both sides of the publishing industry: Big Five publishing houses and literary agencies. The goal of this channel is to help writers throughout the book writing journey-whether you're working on your manuscript or you're looking for publishing advice.
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@ryanolson356

I believe that AI should have 0 use within publishing.

@gregvondare

Hey Alyssa. I have been using AI to generate and elaborate on backstory, to speed up production time. Nothing verbatim from the AI gets into a manuscript, but I can put less time into creating a life timeline for characters and that helps me write with more speed and confidence. As for this being a hard time to be querying for a book; you got that right!

@dukeofdenver

Those opposing AI in books have never USED AI in books. It is great for workshopping ideas, revising prose in paragraphs and chapters and doing developmental edits.

@mattlambert5079

Of course it’ll be harder than it’s ever been. Why would anything be easy for millennials?

@mrgreenflicks

The role of AI in the publishing process is more neuanced then it may initially seem. Consider the tools available today - for instance, Quillbot and Grammarly are now very much AI. These are AI-powered and widely used for enhancing writing. Should their use be restricted or censored? I don’t believe so. Additionally, chatbots can be invaluable for research, a fact I can attest to from personal experience in writing my novel - I checked out the facts using them. A google search is also AI powered. The key point is that the creative core of any work - the plot, characters, scenes, and unique voice - should always originate from the author. AI tools should be seen as aides that enhance and refine the author's vision, not replace the creativity. I suspect most agree with this - but if an agent asked me to say did I use AI should I say no?

@winslowguerra

The idea of people writing books with AI makes me nauseous. It's not paying homage or giving nods to famous writers, it stealing. Famous writers are suing and hackers are trying to corrupt the system. People compare it to file-sharing like Napster. This isn't sharing a song.

@sebastianblack6552

It's a very challenging querying landscape out there and I've been slogging for months. I've been agented before (twice), with my last agent leaving the profession a year ago. I've had a rough time out in the query trenches, even with two previously published books with a big indie. I'm noticing generally more and more it's a lot less about the quality of the writing and more about the story concept and broadest marketability that's getting picked up. I'm not sure what this means for authors, but I think it's getting more polarised out there - you either need to be a big splashy debut or go indie/self pub. There's less risk being taken in favour of a 'sure thing' except there's no real sure thing in publishing. Also I'm finding the push for underrepresented voices in some ways is not materialising despite a lot of push a few years ago, or editors/agents asking. There are some new authors from underrepresented authors, but definitely not represented like I'd like to see.

@samp4050

I agree that humans should write their own books using their own ideas and imaginations. To me, it feels like cheating using AI. I know it's becoming the norm, but call me old fashioned, thats ok. Im in my sixties anyway, so yes, I am old fashioned. 😅 But I prefer sticking to my own imagination to write my books. No AI usage for me thanks very much. 😅

@idastokbaek

If they allow AI without full disclosure, I’ll have to stop buying new releases. There are plenty of books published before AI was a thing, and I wouldn’t want to accidentally consume filthy AI-produced text.

@aaronhunyady

The copyright issue is the big determiner of whether publishing houses accept AI. They won't publish if they can't copyright it, regardless of all other considerations. If copyrighting AI generated content becomes possible, then we will probably see small publishing houses spring up that pump out cheap genre books for non-discriminating readers. Given that the big publishing houses don't have a shortage of manuscripts, I'm not sure they have much motivation to switch to AI because they need to differentiate from the startup AI publishers. The big 5 that don't go out of business will market specifically to the audience who appreciate art and don't want to read AI generated books.

@CatladyActionFigure

I think ai published books are inevitable. They should be labled prominently as such and have a copyright category exclusive to ai that prevents overrlap into copyright for humans. The bookcovers should prominately state on the front it's ai generated and the authors works used in the programming for the story. Written permission from the authors should be mandatory and fair compensation should be compulsory and legally enforced.

@hicehamer1337

Good video, I Have a couple of Ideas for future videos. "Can non-US citizens hire a literary agent to publish a book the traditional way" and "What would be the best time of the year to send your query letter? ".

@rowan7929

I already had a bunch of agents asking in their queries if you used AI for your work. I made it very clear that everything they will read, is done by humans, from editor to betas.

@mukibuzzamankhan987

Great insights...thanks

@cafeaulivre

The last prediction certainly interests me, for several reasons. I do believe that in the last two years (at least post-pandemic), reading or books as a product, has switched from something mostly private/individual to something you share with a group, often a group of like-minded people (lovers of a certain genre, author, series, ...). One of the major drivers for this I fear, is a growing epidemic of loneliness with people in their 20ies and 30ies. Finding your 'tribe' (in this case through books) is of tremendous value, even if the contact with others is just online. It creates a sense of belonging that many seek today. Translating this to marketing strategy, especially when it comes to the classic bookshop, a library, ... ; I think those places that identify themselves as a place where you can meet 'members of your tribe', are the ones that will come out on top. It will not just be a game of selling books anymore, but it will be a challenge of becoming a place where you can meet likeminded peers, which is something online sales/market places will be in a disadvantage.

@VGO5

Alyssa great video my friend

@ericswart2719

Great video. Thank you for the information about finishing your manuscript. I’m about a third of the way through my book and was wondering how polished it needed to be before I sent it literary agents.