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AIPacific Northwest·Ranked Thursday, April 9, 2026
~77% of all new "Success" self-help books on Amazon are likely written by AI, with 1 author, Noah Felix Bennett, publishing a stunning 74 books in mid-2025 alone, at a rate of >1 per day. Richard Trillion Mantey, who has published hundreds of books, was assessed to have used AI for every single book
AI-generated self-help books flood Amazon marketplace at unprecedented rates.

“["Ironically, one of the 844 books in this dataset is called 'How to Write for Humans in an AI World: Cutting Through Digital Noise and…”
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#30 that day5.10/ 10
Technology breakthrough · weight 30%5/10
Economic impact · weight 25%6/10
Job impact · weight 20%6/10
Regional relevance · weight 15%4/10
Policy & geopolitics · weight 10%3/10
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