When writing our AI Policy we mentioned the onus and expense of identifying books made with generative AI fell to us. Wholesalers are not willing to request this information from their publishers.

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We don't want to stock AI books, and we know many of our customers don't want to buy them, so we're not going to gatekeep any information we've gathered which may help our customers or fellow dealers working their way through this opacity from publishers and wholesalers.​

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We also know some people are comfortable with AI in some aspects so, while we're not stocking AI products in any form, we have given some detail to how AI has been used in the below books. There's a simple AI score which goes from 0, which would mean no AI has been used, to -30 for AI in multiple aspects, without mention in the book's official product description. This last point is because AI is very rarely mentioned when used and we feel people producing AI products should label them as such. If they're comfortable using it, and charging for products made with it, they shouldn't feel the need to hide its use.

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The score is calculated as follows: -10 for generative AI on the covers, -10 for generative AI in the text or images inside the book and -10 for not mentioning any AI in the product description when it has been used (Transparency). Where a request for information has been presented to the publisher and it's been met with no response or refusal to answer -10 highlighted with a * will be stated. This represents an assumption that AI has been used on the inside, but seeking confirmation either way has been impossible.​​​

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This is by no means a complete list but we will add items when we can.