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Where is book industry heading to, with all this AI?

4 points by websku ↗ HN
I see everyone writing books. Some are at least evergreen content, but many no. Especially about productivity, AI, tech tools, personal development.

Is anyone still spending a dime on those?

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al_borland
I went through a phase of consuming a bunch of productivity and personal development books. After a while I came to realize, like most others, that they all pretty much say the same things. I imagine this niche has a constant supply of new customers who buy a bunch of stuff, then move on. I’ve moved on to begin exploring fiction, which I’ve always avoided in the past.

The tech tools books seemed dead before AI. A former co-worker of mine bought a book on Go, because that was what he had done for the last 30 years when looking to learn a language. He quickly found out that the resources online were better and more up to date, leaving his book to collect dust. I think the same would be true for most books on AI, unless it’s foundational text.