I worked for a shady publisher back in 2010. I did children’s book layouts, and the author had to provide all off their own illustrations and I had to make the images fit with the text.
I knew the people in the department doing the covers for adult books. I could totally see them using AI, and the authors would have no say in the matter. My wife had a book published through them before I worked there, i even did a cover for her but they said they do not accept covers and did their own that had nothing to do with the book itself. I think it was a fountain pen and a rose.
I worked for a shady publisher back in 2010. I did children’s book layouts, and the author had to provide all off their own illustrations and I had to make the images fit with the text.
I knew the people in the department doing the covers for adult books. I could totally see them using AI, and the authors would have no say in the matter. My wife had a book published through them before I worked there, i even did a cover for her but they said they do not accept covers and did their own that had nothing to do with the book itself. I think it was a fountain pen and a rose.