As any author can tell you, the journey from a book idea to the final pub date is a long and bumpy road in the best of times. But AI has changed the author landscape in ways it is hard to imagine. This is my story.
I remember the day vividly, Sunday, May 17, 2026. My book The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality had been out five days. It was getting good notices and growing but hard-to-quantify buzz. Then my phone rang. “Steve! It’s Ben Mullin. Did you get my last email?” Ben is a media reporter at The New York Times.
