Introducing BookBuzz: Transforming Writers' Lives with AI
As 2024 gets underway, we have several amazing things planned for ourselves and our communities.
First, a prediction: we’re stepping into an exciting new era in publishing, driven by the amazing partnership between authors and AI agents. We are just four weeks into the new year, and we are already seeing a wave of incredible advancements in AI. With AI agents, in particular, we’re seeing a real game-changer in how stories are shaped and shared.
AI agents are, in simple terms, a more “autonomous” version of the chatbots we’re already using. Currently, the interactions with AI tools, while helpful, require constant back and forth and tweaking to achieve a desired output.
With AI agents helping authors, we can imagine a world where, even without a traditional publishing contract or deep pockets, an entire editorial team will live right on your computer. Writers will use a team of AI agents, each with their own specialized skills, to take us from manuscript to publishing success.
Writers will ask one AI agent to act as a diligent line editor, another as a perceptive developmental editor, and yet another as a savvy literary agent, all working together, autonomously, to iterate on your manuscript and take it to the next level, before ever mailing your book to an editor or agent. We think that, far from weakening human creativity, AI can help more high-quality work than ever come to light. The Japanese award winning author Rie Kudan confirmed as much just a few days ago, revealing that her new award-winning novel had, in fact, been partially co-drafted with an AI chatbot.
As for many other industries, the fusion of traditional publishing wisdom and AI innovation will transform how stories are told and shared, opening a new chapter in the narrative of the publishing world.
Introducing BookBuzz
But this is not just about the editorial part (drafting, editing, submitting) of the author journey. From our experience with the Story appa, we know there is incredible creativity out there, but ways to monetize sustainably that creativity remain sorely lacking.
Or, to put it differently, AI may or may not be helpful as a creative tool for individual authors, but it will definitely be revolutionary for the publishing, marketing and sales part of the author journey, where most if not all authors struggle.
To put it more ambitiously: writers need to earn a living, and we want technology to help them achieve that. Today, we are announcing a small but important step for anyone who has been following our journey.
We are working to put AI agents in the hands of authors, without them needing to code a single line. The current name for our project is “BookBuzz”, and you can sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming service right now, HERE.
We are also big believers of “building in public”, so here is what we are aiming to achieve in plain language, no hard pitch, no marketing lingo:
BookBuzz will, in its first version, be a tool that uses AI to generate the key assets needed to help indie authors and small publishers in the world sell books - from market reports to social media content and more. You upload a manuscript or a section of it, the tool will study, do the work, then send the results directly to your email.
Future versions will expand these capabilities with the aim to automate as much of the book promotion journey as possible, leveraging both existing platforms and new ways to integrate these tools into social media platforms and more.
We like to think of the service as the next frontier of AI Publishing for Everyone.
This is not just about using the latest fancy tech trends. It’s a shift in how we see technology and human artistry blending together. As these tools get better, they’re going to make a big impact in making it easier for anyone to run a successful writing career.
Isn’t that, after all, the goal of every writer? Achieving the financial freedom to write and experiment with storytelling.
We want writers to become their own bosses, with AI agents handling the business side of publishing so we can focus on crafting impactful, innovative stories.
If the above sounds good, please sign up today, as we will soon pick a first cohort of alpha-tester and help them launch their current book project!
Writers have a ton of new opportunities at their fingertips thanks to AI, which can do a lot more than just help us write better and faster. With BookBuzz we want to build tools that will help break down audience demographics, interests, genres’ popularity across languages and more. All this to help find the right audience for your stories.
BookBuzz insights will be gold for writers to make smart business decisions without compromising their creativity.
So, as we kick off 2024, we’re calling all creative minds to jump on board this exciting ride. Let’s come together, as masters of change, and explore the possibilities in the world of publishing with AI as our much-needed sidekick.
We believe the key to our future as writers and creatives is to face challenges head-on, with a can-do attitude, and make the most of AI’s impact.
Let’s get to work.