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My not wholly pessimistic (I guess) take is that the market both for books and content more generally is already so flooded with crap that LLMs may not make things much worse. There's at least an argument that publishers remain relevant as a brand and if you need to have lunch with the right person in NY or London to cut through the noise? <shrug> (And, admittedly saying this as someone who wrapped a book outline in London with an acquisitions editor.)