Kobo rejected 45% of self-published books last year, mostly over AI

A self-publishing platform exists to say yes. Kobo’s, last year, spent a remarkable share of its time saying no. Rakuten Kobo rejected 45% of the titles submitted to Kobo Writing Life, its self-publishing service, in 2025, and chief executive Michael Tamblyn attributes more than 80% of those rejections to books he judges to be manifestly […] This story continues at The Next Web

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