
Kobo plans to use AI in its self-publishing platform
Kobo plans to use AI for Writing Life, its self-publishing platform. They
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KWL Live Q&A: No Market for That Book with Ruthie Bowles
The Kobo Writing Life team invites you to join us on June 26th from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST for a new Live Q&A. KWL director Tara will chat to voice artist Ruthie Bowles! Hello Authors! We are bac…
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Our Commitment to Accessibility and the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
Accessibility is, and always has been, a top priority at Rakuten Kobo. We know that, for many people, the entry point to digital reading is the need for accessibility—whether that’s with eBooks and…
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AI and Accessibility at Kobo: Making Reading and Publishing Even Better, Together
We know artificial intelligence (AI) and accessibility are hot topics these days, and we want to be transparent about how we’re using AI to improve accessibility at Rakuten Kobo and on the Kobo Wri…
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Kobo Writing Life Podcast – 370 – Live at the Toronto Indie Authors Conference with Tao Wong
In this episode, the Kobo Writing Life team attended the Toronto Indie Author Conference and recorded a live podcast with speculative fiction author and conference founder Tao Wong! We had a great …
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Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast – 10 – The Heroine's Journey with Gail Carriger Kobo Writing Life
Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. This episode features our conversation with best-selling SFF author Gail Carriger. Gail discusses her writing career, her non-fiction title, The Heroine’s Journey, and how she started out as […]
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Kobo Writing Life Podcast – 369 – Writing a Why-Choose Paranormal Romance Series with Cali Mann Kobo Writing Life
In this episode, we spoke with Cali Mann, author of dozens of contemporary romance, fantasy, and paranormal romance novels under multiple pen names! Cali is the author of the Wickem Academy series, a new paranormal romance series exclusively available from Kobo Originals. Wickem Academy follows a young woman named Marigold, who “is ripped from her […]
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KWL Live Q&A: Make More of What You Have with Joanna Penn Kobo Writing Life
The Kobo Writing Life team invites you to join us on May 22nd from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST for a new Live Q&A. KWL director Tara will chat to best-selling author Joanna Penn! Hello Authors! After a very busy April, we are so happy to be back for a Live Q&A! This month, we’ll be chatting to Joanna […]
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The KWL Quill – April 2025 Kobo Writing Life
Hello, writers! We’re not saying timing is everything, but sometimes you gotta meet the moment—whether it’s jumping on a trend, pursuing a business prospect, or taking on a heist. (To write, that is. We cannot stress more clearly that we do not recommend you do a heist.) So, yes, in this newsletter, we’ve got all […]
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Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast – 9 – How Writers Can Avoid Being Scammed with Victoria Strauss Kobo Writing Life
Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. Way back in July 2015, we were joined by Victoria Strauss, co-founder of Writer Beware, a SFWA-sponsored organization whose mission is to “track, expose, and raise awareness of […]
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