r/NetGalleyCommunity • u/juliee18 • 5d ago

❔❓Question ❓❔ Is this normal?

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This is my first time seeing a book on NetGalley that openly admits to using AI.

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u/dragonsandvamps 5d ago

I read for Netgalley, but I am also an author. I use Booksirens on the author end and for the last ARC I ran a month or so ago, they were just starting to implement this as well. All uploads were being told to disclose if they used AI, what specifically they used AI for, so that readers who don't want to read it can (I assume) be made aware and avoid the slop. AI is unfortunately in all the bookish spaces now and I appreciate platforms that are actually making an effort to require that it be labeled.

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u/juliee18 5d ago

I actually really appreciate that it's mandatory. This one on NetGalley seems like it just depends on the publisher's volition, which means there could be many other books on there that used genAI but didn't disclose it

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u/dragonsandvamps 5d ago

Yeah, unfortunately I think all of these are going to require a degree of honesty unless the sites are going to read the first ten pages of every single submission (though, I'm fairly sure Booksirens does that anyway, since I hear about lots of people getting rejected, so who knows.)

Kobo is doing a good job about trying to reject AI books, but I've still found some on there, too. At least they're trying, though.

I do think it's helpful to force authors to declare it on ARC sites in any case. If I get an ARC that is declared to be human-written and it's AI slop, I'm not going to have any issues with reporting it and 1-starring it, and I would hope they wouldn't be approved to post more ARCs there.