This AI turns novels into hypnotic dreams

Most people who read a lot will tell you that many of the novels they love are way better than the ones on the various “best books of the year” roundups from major newspapers and BookTokers. But if those novels are superior, why don’t they make it onto those lists, instead?

Much of it comes down to awareness. Those reviewers are aware of the titles that make their roundups mostly because those books are among the few dozen or so each year with large marketing and publicity budgets behind them. Money won’t buy a novel a spot on a coveted list, but it can definitely buy a higher likelihood that a novel will be considered.

Most novelists are left trying to drum up awareness for their books themselves, via social media. But as every author will tell you, myself included, tweets exclaiming “Check out my new book!” rarely go far.

That’s where Hypnovels comes in. It’s a new generative AI tool that allows authors to make audiovisual excerpts of their novels, which they can then share on their website or on platforms like TikTok…

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