South African woman became a millionaire by writing books with artificial intelligence
A South African female writer has earned over $1 million in net income from books written with the help of artificial intelligence. In 20 months, she managed to publish more than 370 works. The books were sold on Amazon and other online marketplaces.
In South Africa, a female writer working under the name Coral Hart became a millionaire by writing books with the help of artificial intelligence. In just 20 months, using AI tools, she created 371 romance novels and earned more than 1 million US dollars, or approximately 16.5 million South African rand, from their sales.
Coral Hart uses popular AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok in her work. However, she does not leave the text entirely to the computer. The book idea, plotlines, character traits, and chapter outlines are developed independently by the writer herself. Artificial intelligence helps to write and edit the text draft based on the provided plan. Each finished work is re-read at the end, and its flaws are corrected. The books were sold on Amazon and other online marketplaces.
Despite her success, the writer strictly keeps her real name a secret from the public. The reason is that she has received thousands of angry messages and even death threats from traditional writers and readers who are opposed to writing books using AI.
Before starting to use artificial intelligence, Ms. Hart was an experienced professional who worked in the publishing industry for 14 years and independently wrote dozens of books herself. For several months, she studied how to correctly write AI prompts and developed her personal methodology for rapid text creation.
This situation is causing major debates in the book market regarding traditional copyright and literary content. While one group of experts considers this to be "devaluing literature and turning it into an assembly line," others view AI as an effective "companion" that increases a writer's speed.