Michael Tamblyn

So the rationale for, for this is probably not an unexpected one, and it is the rationale, in Amazon's words, that it is to help maintain a positive publishing experience for all authors.

That is very similar to what Michael Tamblyn said about Rakuten Kobo's decision to turn down 40% of the titles that people were attempting to upload there, which he put down to the proliferation of AI-generated content, and he is, as you will remember, made a point that he was-- had taken a decision to adopt a writer-first approach.

So he pointed out that they have, they have limited resources.

They want to dedicate those resources to human authors, and the only way of guaranteeing they can do that is to turn down a significant number of titles that are submitted.

This is Kobo in Conversation.

I'm Michael Tamblyn.

My guest today is T.J. Klune, author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, and The Extraordinaries, YA series, to name just a few of his many books.

T.J.'s latest book is We Burned So Bright.

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