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Dozens of staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette: without author consent, publishers are quietly using AI to make back-cover copy, cover art, more (Adam Morgan/Wired)

Major trade publishers HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette are deploying LLMs to generate back-cover copy, cover art, and publicity materials without obtaining author consent — raising questions about creative control, labor displacement, and contractual transparency in book publishing.

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Techmeme

Oct 11, 2026

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01 Dozens of staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette report that LLMs are being used without author consent to generate back-cover copy, cover art, and publicity materials.

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