I recently had four different books publicists turn me down for paying work to promote my AI Lore books to book bloggers & podcasters. (3 of them were on Reedsy alone – a horrible platform in all my experiences with it.) This is after my work getting covered by CNN, Newsweek, NY Post, etc.
My ask was simple: find people who will engage with the content of the books, not just the AI techniques involved. (I don’t care if the reviews are positive or negative.) You’d think this would be a cake walk getting some people to do honest reviews… but alas, no.
One person who I contacted off Reedsy (again, hate that site), at least had the decency to explain why. They said they’ve spoken out against generative AI writing in the past, and didn’t want to alienate their contacts by shifting gears on that suddenly. A respectable explanation, even if I’m obviously not in agreement with it.
I know it’s a popular (and I think unconsidered) opinion that gen AI devalues other forms of creativity; my experience has been tremendously the opposite & I think my results speak for themselves. If any publicists are reading this and think they could help me out, please pitch me with an offer (contact form here). I’m aware I could just reach out to bloggers & podcasts myself, but it’s time consuming & I understand the power of emails originating from sources people already know and trust. So if you’ve got a good set of contacts for blog tours & podcasts, let’s talk! Surely, there must be someone out there who isn’t afraid of a little AI.
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