Kobo “rejected nearly 45 per cent of the books submitted to its self-publishing program in 2025” because of suspicions around content being AI generated
Kobo “rejected nearly 45 per cent of the books submitted to its self-publishing program in 2025” because of suspicions around content being AI generated
Quick note on why I changed the headline from the original. The article is from CBC in Canada. The top six pars or so is a rehash of information most people here will know. The newer stuff comes from Kobo, a Canadian company, but is lower down.
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It would be meaningful to know what the increase in submissions was for them. If those doubled, or increased by 25%. To factor in to the 45% figure. Maybe the AI-checking is finding titles it would have missed a year ago.
Bowker shows a 55% increase in self-published books, overall, from 2024 to 2025. Would like more numbers, but if AI can fight AI and leave us out if it, does that mean anti-AI AI is good?
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Quick note on why I changed the headline from the original. The article is from CBC in Canada. The top six pars or so is a rehash of information most people here will know. The newer stuff comes from Kobo, a Canadian company, but is lower down.
It would be meaningful to know what the increase in submissions was for them. If those doubled, or increased by 25%. To factor in to the 45% figure. Maybe the AI-checking is finding titles it would have missed a year ago.
Bowker shows a 55% increase in self-published books, overall, from 2024 to 2025. Would like more numbers, but if AI can fight AI and leave us out if it, does that mean anti-AI AI is good?