Publishing a book on an A.I.-powered platform is much cheaper than going through a traditional publisher. Shubham Dhage/Unsplash

The publishing industry has been slow to embrace technology, with traditional publishers often wary of how innovations like A.I. might disrupt established processes. Their hesitation stems from concerns over content quality, job displacement and the impact A.I. could have on creative workflows. Meanwhile, the self-publishing world has positioned itself as an adopter of A.I.-edited content, touting its flexible, less bureaucratic structure. But, despite the technology’s promise, the use of A.I. in publishing has drawn criticism from both authors and traditional publishing houses who see it as a threat to the essence of literary craftsmanship.

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Spines, a Miami-based self-publishing platform, plans to publish 8,000 titles in 2025 with the help of A.I. (It has published more than 1,700 so far. Founded in 2021 by Yehuda Niv, a former computer engineer for the Israeli Air Force who began his entrepreneurial journey with the........

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