UK Publisher Certification Scheme Aims to Distinguish Human-Written Books from AI-Generated Content

A UK startup has launched an "Organic Literature" certification stamp designed to help readers identify books authored by humans in a marketplace increasingly flooded with AI-generated works. Books By People, founded by rare books specialist Esme Dennys alongside Conrad Young and Gavin Johnston, partners with independent publishers to certify books as human-authored through human evaluation, text analysis, and editorial process review. The certification permits only limited AI use for auxiliary tasks such as formatting and brainstorming, distinguishing the approach from automated AI-detection systems that the founders consider too prone to error.