<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing a novel called “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The novel was scheduled to be published in the United States this spring. Hachette said it will also discontinue the book in the United Kingdom, where it’s already available. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Although the publisher claimed the decision came after a thorough review of the text, reviewers on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224070664-shy-girl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GoodReads</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbeKTa5xhZo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">YouTube</a> had been speculating that the book was likely AI-generated. And <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/books/shy-girl-book-ai.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">The New York Times said</a> it asked Hachette about the “Shy Girl” concerns the day before the announcement.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In an email to the NYT, author Mia Ballard denied using AI to write her novel, instead blaming an acquaintance she’d hired to edit the original, self-published version of “Shy Girl.” Ballard said she’s pursuing legal action, and that as a result of the controversy “my mental health is at an all time low and my name is ruined for something I didn’t even personally do.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Writer Lincoln Michel and other industry observers have noted that U.S. publishers <a href="https://countercraft.substack.com/p/what-it-means-that-hachette-just" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">rarely do extensive editing</a> when they acquire titles that have already been published in other forms.</p>
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