https://nitter.1d4.us/clarkesworld/status/1627711728245960704

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Omg, this is an hour long and inside the first three minutes he's explaining how much it costs to produce "advice".

      I hate YouTube. I hate YouTube. I hate YouTube. I hate YouTube.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        yeah it is pretty long. The short version is that there is a scam where you pay ghost writers to write a shitty book and then you put it on audible for passive income

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          Ah. I've heard of this. Amazon has the same problem.

          But it's a problem virtually every publishing house has. The issue isn't with volume of dud submissions. It's with paying slush readers to wade through crap content in search of the gems.

          The thing that costs money - people with a modicum of taste curating content - is still a thing publishers can't automate away. AI just amplifies the burden on the publishing side.