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istara  ·  3875 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So I published my first book!

Yes, they publish plenty of stuff like that. From what I can work out, having seen discussions with other authors:

     
     classic literature gets a free pass
     traditionally published novels pretty much get a pass
     they are even stricter with "erotica" than with "romance"
     it's pretty arbitrary - you may get a prudish reviewer/checker
     even those with a slew of published works, selling well, frequently get new ones blocked
Then there's all this bizarre stuff how you can't touch certain topics but you can imply them. Eg if you have a werewolf screwing novel you can't put a wolf on the front. You have to put a man, or a half-man, half-wolf.