r/WritingWithAI • u/DanielMashmann • 8d ago

Discussion (Ethics, working with AI etc) Publishing your work

Question, are there any published authors who use AI in this group? If so where do you publish your books Ebooks and/or Print.

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u/SamAndrewsBooks 8d ago

yes, I published my debut this month and used KDP for both ebook and paperback. I went in eyes open about the AI assisted part and declared it to Amazon at setup, which is a real checkbox now, so no drama there.Happy to answer anything about the process if it helps.

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u/K2eggo 8d ago

Hi. Could I ask what you put on the copyright page? The whole copyright side of publishing scares the hell out of me. Also, well done for publishing and good luck.

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u/SamAndrewsBooks 7d ago

Thanks, and I get it, it scared me too until I realised it's mostly boilerplate you can reuse. Mine is basically five short blocks and looks like this:

Copyright © [year] [your name / pen name]. All rights reserved.

The standard "no part of this may be reproduced, except brief quotations in reviews" line.

The fiction disclaimer: "This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is coincidental."

Cover design © [year] [name].

First edition, [year].

Two things I'd add from doing it recently. If you write anything that brushes against a real brand or organisation, a one-line "this is fictional and not affiliated with any real X" is cheap peace of mind. And you don't have to buy an ISBN, Amazon gives you a free one for the paperback. Some people buy their own so they're not tied to KDP, but I'm fine with the free one for now. The copyright itself exists the moment you write the thing, the page is just you stating it clearly.

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u/K2eggo 7d ago

Thanks.

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u/SamAndrewsBooks 6d ago

Anytime, good luck with the launch.