From what I read he did not churn out 97 books. He churned out 97 short stories plus generated images.

"Each book features between 2,000 to 5,000 words and 40 to 140 AI-generated images. Generally, each one takes me approximately 6 to 8 hours to create and publish. In some instances, I've been able to produce a volume in as little as three hours, everything included."

Plus:
"Each AI Lore book is priced between $1.99 and $3.99. I decided to sell my books directly to readers using Gumroad because it gives me greater control."

So, we could try writing short stories (in a series) and sell on Gumroad for $1.99 - $3.99 and see if we can make any money. Or sell the short stories on all the normal distributors for $1.99 - $3.99 or even put 5 short stories together and sell for @5.99 - $6.99.  :-)

I personally prefer to write the short stories and try to sell to top paying magazines first, and once accepted, wait the 3 to 6 months before making a cover and selling on all the distributors. 

After reading that piece, it does seem as if the lawyers took a shortcut after having read an article and just picked him out of a hat as an example without actually looking into what it was he was doing. Shoddy work on their part.

From The Register UK
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/31/canadian_artist_anthropic_ai_lawsuit/
He isn't happy that his work is being called 'cheap book content'.

Looks like it's built just to sell you a subscription to their AI. On that note, it doesn't look particularly geared toward fiction either.

I bit the bullet and created an account just to test it out a bit more.

$12/mo annually, $18/mo otherwise. (Edit: It seems free to use, with limitations on number of AI checks you can run and the model complexity on the free plan)

All of the grammar checks are AI. There are no non-AI grammar checks. I don't know that I trust AI to actually give correct grammar suggestions at this point.

You can select from multiple AI models if you have one you like already ... but then, you could use a different writing software and subscribe to those services directly, most likely.

I suspect it uses Markdown behind the scenes, given it's very limited in formatting options. E.g. you cannot choose text alignment or other text formatting options. That might be fine for some, but it's annoying to me because I can't do some formatting, e.g. small caps. You can at least change the font the entire document is rendered with, so if you prefer a serif font you have that -- but it's a web app and limited to a small selection.

I don't know. I would simply recommend anyone interested in this just download Obsidian.md and subscribe to their favorite AI of choice.

Thanks for reading. It almost made me buy the book...but I'll borrow it from my son