Drawing on nearly two decades of experience as a publisher, bookbinder, and artist, Harley Smart explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the ways books are conceived, written, designed, and produced.

Combining publishing history, creative experimentation, and practical research, Making Books with Generative AI examines the opportunities and challenges presented by Large Language Models, image generation systems, and machine-assisted publishing workflows. Through a series of artist books and speculative prototypes, the publication considers new relationships between creativity, authorship, and technology.

Handbound in Montréal, this first edition features an exposed sewn binding and letterpress-printed covers on handmade cotton rag paper.