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"A new UK start-up is taking aim at the growing wave of AI-generated books,
launching an initiative to verify and label human-written works.
Books By People has launched an “Organic Literature” certification, partnering
with an initial group of independent publishing houses.
The scheme will involve Organic Literature stamps being placed on books written
by humans, with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or
idea generation.
The start-up, founded by rare books specialist Esme Dennys along with Conrad
Young and Gavin Johnston, said it plans to expand globally in 2026.
The first certified title will be
Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia, publishing
this November by Galley Beggar Press, one of the founding publishing partners.
Other partners include Bluemoose Books, Snowbooks, Scorpius Books and Bedford
Square Publishers.
Sam Jordison, co-director of Galley Beggar and adviser for Books By People,
said that the initiative “is incredibly important for publishers, for authors
and, most importantly, for readers. It is both a seal of quality and an
assurance of the shared humanity that we look for in books.
“I’m very proud to be the publisher who will have the first stamp – and it
feels very fitting that that stamp should go on
Telenovela, a book about the
fight for truth and against authoritarianism.”
Publishers can qualify through commitment to the certification’s standards and
annual spot checks. Fees will vary depending on the number of titles produced
each year."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
