AI Secrets for Authors: 5 Incredible Ways I'm Implementing It!

[@TheOppositeIsTrueBook]

OMG. Welcome back and your timing is impeccable! So much useful content in this video. 😮❤

[@BookLaunchers]

It’s so good to be back after the July break … and thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@PottieMar]

English/American not being my first language, I do rely a great deal on Grammarly. Grammar is still a challenge and then the difference between the spelling of English and American words. Need all the help I can get, so thank you for that!

[@poetryfromtheheart1287]

Very interesting, I did not know about the AI tools in canva. The text to image feature would definitely come in handy. Thank you for another great video.

[@realchris]

Voice cloning for audio books will likely be useful.

[@BookLaunchers]

I'm really excited about it ... it's so close now. Thanks for commenting!! You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@cynthiapan360]

it's creepy... we need to be so careful with AI. The ethics of these technology often lag behind the actual technology

[@mwdrum]

That little bot intro voice was cleaner and more audible than the recorded / microphone voice. That is selling point to ai voice.

[@joycerobinson855]

This was an awesome video Julie! I am new to AI, and appreciate insight you provided.

[@nelsontressler4836]

Thank you, Julie and Booklaunchers, for the awesome post on AI tools and how they can help us authors! 😊📚 I can't wait to try them out and see how they can elevate my writing!

[@BookLaunchers]

NELSON!! Always a pleasure to see you here my friend. Maybe your next book will be narrated by the Nelson-bot? Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@SelfPubWithAndy]

Great info as always! (Easy Graphics andy here, recently rebranded 😂). #noboringbooks #youtubebestie Ps: end screen videos didnt appear for me😅

[@BookLaunchers]

Oh boy!! You're right. They aren't appearing ... I'll have to go back in and make sure it saves. Thanks so much for the heads up. And hey - I like the new branding :)

[@davetabler]

I love that you embrace the AI tools rushing at us without fear! And I also love your caution to authors reminding us that CHAT4 will NOT write our books for us. I've found after several months working with it that it often defaults to bad writing mistakes such as use of passive voice or constantly backing into sentences with prepositional phrases. After all, it's been trained on everything out there, not just Shakespeare. And there's an awful lot of really bad writing it's absorbed.

[@TheHeartofGodbooks]

So I’m a writer, not just an author. And I personally don’t like the idea of having AI write a book for me. But the audio book recoding sounds like a good idea.

[@BookLaunchers]

We are currently reworking several books that people wrote with AI and it was better than a blank page but it needs a lot of work ... which is good news for writers! Most people can't write a book worth reading with AI alone. Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@fkxfkx]

There are at least 100 more Ai related functions that will be available for authors, editors and publishers. Think of Ai as the most advanced word processor that you can imagine. We’re just getting started.

[@BookLaunchers]

Exciting times ahead ... and learning to use AI Is going to be vital to keeping up with those times I believe.

[@corsc78]

Have you found Chat GPT, Grammarly Go, or anything similar useful for improving summaries or introductions to chapters? I find that I often struggle making these as appealing (have great a hook) and would love some help spicing them up.

[@BookLaunchers]

Yes if you are good at giving it a good prompt. You have to warm up Chat GPT first - like you would explain things to a VA - and then ask for what you want. I do use it to spice up some of my videos. The results can be a little over the top and hilarious (you'll see one coming out soon that I used ChatGPT to layer an analogy throughout and it really took me to a new level. All that said, one thing I like to ask it after I train it on my tone and taste is "read this passage. please suggest an analogy or an example from history that will be compelling and appropriate for this story. Remember that I want to get the readers attention but this also must be true. Please provide your source afterwards."

[@melissacook]

I used AI to generate ideas for a book blurb for another author by putting in her chapter titles and longer synopsis. A professor told her that her book was now at risk of being stolen because I did this. I use AI just like you do, and it provides solid thought-provoking ideas that help me write better. I don't use what it writes, but I look at what it does to the content I give it. I especially like it when I put in articles I write and ask it what it thinks about them. It gives a detailed response with strengths and weaknesses with suggestions for improvements. Did I put this author's book at risk? I've never heard of that.

[@BookLaunchers]

Anyone that publishes a book has the risk of their book and ideas being stolen. Jane Friedman has been all over the news lately because scammers attached to her Goodreads account and sold books under her name. Essentially, we are all going to have our best stuff stolen. Is it going to be because you fed some of it to AI - no. It's going to be because you created something worth stealing and someone saw a path to a quick buck the dishonest way. You didn't put your friends book at risk at being stolen. Some of the ideas MAY be used to train AI for future uses depending on what you used. This is going to be common practice though. Some places like Zoom are disclosing they are training AI using content and that is happening but training something and copying something are two different things.

[@ProfessorBurlingame]

I don't use AI much, but I do use it to generate templates (that I then fill out and edit) for my YT videos. I started using it well before the AI boom began and I didn't think anything of it. It simply was (and is) a nice tool to help me get something done. I still have this perspective on AI, so it's wonderful to see your practical #noboringbooks suggestions for how and why to use AI tech, Julie. It's both refreshing and inspirational. 🙂

[@rahulminhas7882]

Launched my book two days ago, and it cracked top 4,000 at one point on Amazon. Thanks for the tips this channel has given me.

[@BookLaunchers]

Congratulations!!

[@genehobbs1825]

Really like the idea of training the bot. My dissertation always improves after I get a bot to read it to me. So many errors to catch 🤣

[@BookLaunchers]

hahah I would train mine to talk to me in a different voice because I don't love listening to myself. Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@KJ-zr2ko]

Always love your videos. I have been training in CANVA for two years now. And they always surprise me with something new. But you are correct, AI lacks emotions, opinions, and personal experiences which is what makes a book more enjoyable. I'll check out some of the other sites you mentioned. On a final note anything obtained through AI is non- copyright. And it must be claimed when you file.

[@BookLaunchers]

Thank you!

[@edwardramirez9213]

AI Someone will take the voices and us it against the person who use the voice AI

[@BookLaunchers]

Someone always finds a way to take the good things and mess with them ....

[@veronicapryor-faciane2244]

Grand Rising Queen Julie and Booklaunchers!!

[@BookLaunchers]

We're BAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKKK It’s so good to be back after the July break … and thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@technoshaman001]

really glad you made this video AI is the future :)

[@BookLaunchers]

I agree! Well it's already here in the present so absolutely. Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@markmatthews1972]

Love Jasper, guess i need to reach out a little more.

[@BookLaunchers]

I haven't been using Jasper as much because so many other sites have evolved so much ... but it's helpful! It’s so good to be back after the July break … and thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@dorisgardner-mccraw4723]

I use AI to help create media ideas, content suggestions, etc.

[@BookLaunchers]

Me too! It’s so good to be back after the July break … and thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@googlewellson1589]

Thanks Julie! Grate content as always. I am starting to use chatty for idea generation.

[@desireeduffy5611]

Great info, AI is a tool to be used by writers and it becomes less of a threat when used the right way

[@darlamondragon718]

Very helpful, I am ready to jump in!

[@BookLaunchers]

What are you going to start with? Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@darlamondragon718]

@@BookLaunchers I am going to start at the beginning, educate myself on how all of it works. Study and then start playing.

[@EmbraceTerror]

She's not the real deal -- but kind of close.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

oh joy :/ a shitload of "low content" "books" are going to flood amazon "just slap a canva cover on, let the ai do the writing, niche down, and buy lots of amazon ads!" :/ Is actually writing your own thoughts down in a coherent manner so tough? Apparently. :/

[@KJ-zr2ko]

(Goodwill) goes a long way in selling books. Goodwill is refered to by those you know in the community who will buy your book. A lot of the appearance of massive books sold on Amazon were not sold but given away, then those authors change the cover and transfered the reviews to the new cover so it looks like they sold a lot of books when in actuality they were freebies. People don't spend good money on unsaleable stuff. Unfortunately, when author's play games like the above mentioned if leaves them open for being under sold by the folks who got the book free.

[@NickGossAuthor]

and the cost of running ads on HUMAN-authored books will become too prohibitive. In the end, the reader is cheated by deception - fed sterile content to soothe their withering soul. Lazy 'authors' now get equal reward with the talented masters... and the lazy reader will buy empty calorie RoboLit that eventually, will rot their love for literature and reading. Wow. :/ AI really is making the world a better place.

[@KJ-zr2ko]

One last thing about Canve, I recently came across a switch that asked if Canve can view my creative stuff. That concerns me to think this is where AI maybe getting some stuff. From work that has not copyright yet

[@BookLaunchers]

Oh that is interesting. It could be. We don't use it for anything commercial like a book cover or interior book images - just social media posts and promotions.

[@LoriClemmons]

Thanks Julie! Great info as always. I'm looking forward to learning more about how to use AI, especially in my marketing, both for my book and my business. Looking forward to the next video. 😃

[@BookLaunchers]

Fantastic! Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@NickGossAuthor]

In my opinion, the self publishing community is made up of writers, editors, illustrators and cover designers - all of whom are artists that will LOSE income because the author decided to use AI instead of the talent of those wonderful human beings who collaborate to make a book a great work of art. I understand that some people care more about saving a buck than keeping their editor in business. But if you do have the resources to engage human editors and visual artists why wouldn't you? I say keep the community strong. AI makes us all our own little islands while shouldering out human beings who in the past were our team. And what about proof-readers? Beta-readers? Can AI replace them? Why not just use AI to write your reviews for you? Since we're now in the business of cheating the process, why not go all in? I realize many will not like this comment. I'm still a subscriber. I do love this channel, but I just can't get excited about ramming AI into the process of creating a book. I just think that in the long run we will have created a market that renders fully human-created books a novelty. Maybe that's a good thing. Maybe not.

[@nicholashillofficial]

Utterly agree with you. Now anyone can say, ‘I have published a book’. Authorship has lost its status.

[@slothdreamsbooks]

Chat GPT is amazing! I use it every single day on my book promotions. I use it for adcopy for all of my social media posts, I use it for story idea for my children’s book line, I use it for hashtags, content creation, ideas literally for everything, book titles, marketing strategies, how to get my books into certain platforms, and so much more! It’s incredible! I love all the new AI tools!

[@BookLaunchers]

Thanks for sharing!! You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@ArtistAllanWest]

Thank you! The whole AI thing really threw me. I was certain that at the very least, creative pursuits would be the very last to be replaced. I appreciate your evaluation that it isn’t creative, but rather regurgitative. I appreciate your calm assessment. The art world is presently experiencing a collective freak out. The nice thing is that it has pretty much made NFTs obsolete. (Hooray!)

[@BookLaunchers]

Yes it is wild how it really hit the creative pursuits fast but it's a tool ... and you can choose to use it for your craft or not. Love that you found some upside. :) Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@zulqarnainaliauthor]

great

[@odianthewriter]

I have AI proofread my book when I'm tired of re-reading.its awesome.

[@BookLaunchers]

You can have AI read it to you too :) It’s so good to be back after the July break … and thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@carmenikem7485]

Thank you so much for these tips! I was not aware of how AI could be of help to authors until seeing this video.

[@BookLaunchers]

Awesome! Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@chinitareid8625]

Hello Julie so you do use AI ?? I really do not understand AI some what I do I am uncomfortable with AI until i research AI and talk it over with my BUSINESS FRIEND THANK YOU FIOR SHARING.

[@BookLaunchers]

I do use AI - it's a tool that makes certain aspects of what I do quicker and a bit easier.

[@markleytaxidermy4980]

Thank you, learning new skills is the way we stay relevent.

[@BookLaunchers]

100% Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@renepoggenpoel1711]

Ok, I’m old 🤣 and I’m loving the idea of AI. Especially when it comes to generating images and marketing content. Would love to see “how to” videos. Great job!

[@KJ-zr2ko]

You can Google it on KZbin. Lots of stuff there.

[@BookLaunchers]

Noted - I can do a few how-to videos. Things change SO FAST right now that making one feels like it will be out of date by the time it is live but maybe in a live stream or a deep dive that is live I can do some how to!! Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@TommyB427]

HI, I have used ChatGPT to create some content, which I later edit. One of my concerns is, however, copyright. If the AI produces content that is copyrighted, who violated it? The AI or myself? I guess the courts will need to figure this one out...

[@KJ-zr2ko]

When filling for copyright anything gained by AI must claimed when filling for copyright. If you filed prior to the news update at the copyright office you might want to update your claim to avoid any further problems. You do not have to identify every little part- just state that AI was used. I hope you found this helpful. For more information you can check with the US Copyright Office.

[@CarylWestmoreUK]

Thanks for the sparkling video and inviting us to share our uses of AI.😊My new book Bust Writer’s Block Forever (launching August 31) has a bonus chapter on ChatGPT, your creative catalyst and collaborator, as well as 7 game-changing ways to finally kiss writer’s block goodbye. I share how to make it your new bestie and some outrageous chats we had!

[@BookLaunchers]

Love it!

[@simonmulolo1656]

This is an incredible video for an author like me. Thank you for making this video.

[@BookLaunchers]

You're very welcome! It’s so good to be back after the July break … and thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@simonmulolo1656]

@@BookLaunchers thank you so much for your reply and for entering me in your 'bi-weekly draw'. I hope to win some sweet swag😁👐

[@nicholashillofficial]

As authors and writers ourselves we are seeing the market flooded with new authors who are effectively cheating their way to the top by using AI to write content to which they can put their name. This approach to writing deceives readers who want a connection with the author (not a soulless robot).

[@BookLaunchers]

Quality will always win in the long run ... it's frustrating in the short run, but those of us that play the long game will come out in top with the books that stand the test of time and get referred by others. Thank you for joining in and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag - including our oh so sweet #noboringbooks 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SWAG - oh yea!! We have shirts and hats, along with our mugs and journals. Our next live, where we announce the winners, will be happening right here at 2pm PST on August 15th. Hope to see you there.

[@NickGossAuthor]

I agree with you @nhill - People who use AI to write a book, then calls themselves 'authors' are no different from a Tesla owner calling himself a "professional race car driver"

[@nicholashillofficial]

⁠@@BookLaunchersHi Julie. Thank you for your kind reply. I’ve read your excellent book, ‘Self-Publish and Succeed’. Your videos are always great too. I did wonder how you would respond to ChatGPT. While your response is admirable and positive, I imagined you would have gone in the other direction - to endorse 100% human-generated content.

[@FMmusic5]

I think we will see Amazon flooded with inane books with awful covers and candy-floss content! AI will make it harder to find the real books! It is already happening, there are 'companion guides' to popular books, that look AI-written. A lot of these piggyback books are under 200 pages even under 100 pages.