AI in Book Publishing Quiz

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1. Which company introduced digitally narrated audiobooks in 2023, according to the guide?
   • HarperCollins
   • The Authors Guild
   • Kindle Direct Publishing
   • Apple Books
2. How did Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing respond to the rise of AI-generated books in 2023?
   • It asked publishers to disclose AI-generated content and limited how many titles an account can self-publish per day
   • It banned all AI-assisted books
   • It began paying authors for AI training
   • It required every book to be narrated by a human
3. What risk of AI manuscript triage does the guide highlight?
   • It makes submissions take longer to read
   • It only works for poetry
   • Models trained on past bestsellers can reinforce existing tastes
   • It requires authors to pay a fee
4. Why did AI-written foraging guides draw particular concern?
   • They were too long
   • Mistakes in them could be dangerous to readers
   • They were priced too high
   • They had no illustrations
5. What happens during text normalization in a synthetic narration pipeline?
   • The book is translated into another language
   • Emotional scenes are removed
   • Abbreviations, numbers and dates are expanded into words that can be spoken
   • Chapters are shortened
6. Which kind of word does the guide say synthetic voices often mispronounce?
   • Homographs such as 'read' or 'lead'
   • Very short words such as 'a'
   • Words in all capital letters
   • Words at the end of chapters
7. How do retailers usually screen for low-quality or infringing uploads?
   • By trusting a single AI-text detector
   • By reading every book in full
   • By accepting only traditionally published books
   • By combining signals such as duplicate-text matching, unusual metadata, account behavior and customer reports
8. What was notable about the HarperCollins AI licensing deal described in the guide?
   • It covered all fiction without author consent
   • Authors could opt in to license certain nonfiction titles for training
   • It banned AI narration
   • It was a lawsuit, not a deal