The Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach

The Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach

Author: Rebecca Raisin Listening Length: 9h

We need a bookseller for the Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach… apply here! When Harper sees an ad for what must surely be the most idyllic job in the world, she’s almost tempted. But she can’t possibly leave her bookshop job in London, or her burgeoning career as a successful Bookstagram influencer… That is, until a ...

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You worked it out, Harper. We knew you would. Not a joke. Not a prank. A social experiment to see if we could get an AI-written book to the top of the eBook charts, using all our tech expertise. And it worked.

I’m fuming. And I also feel vindicated. But what to do with this information?

I take a screenshot of the message and forward it to Lily before calling her.

‘I’m going to pop you on speaker, while I read it,’ she says by way of greeting. ‘Oh my God, you were right, Harper. This is huge! But she says “we” so who are they? Have you replied?’