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Yeah, one of my friends is an author and told me that while industry is a nightmare now. Lots of publishers would hold writing contests to give new authors a chance to get some exposure. Apparently they're just absolutely flooded with AI content now to the point that many are cancelling the contests.
That, and KDP also scoops up a lot of the mediocre ones to start, and filter out successful ones they can scoop up later without eating time and money on discovery. Publishers can afford to be picky these days... I say as I prepare to throw my work at the stone walls of these same places in hopes of not getting relegated to being one more person self-publishing a passion piece.