I have made so many thousands of books over years.. and never had so much issue uploading books to KDP as i did for one recent Coloring book. The recent KW changes has the KDP bots really jumping on any duplicate words, even common repeat words.. Like Coloring Books and Activity Books in the Title and Sub Title.. and then using the word book or books in your back end.. it has become a bit frustrating and I do THINK that they are also trying to get people to literally GIVE UP.. who are here to make money and not here because they LOVE what they are doing. Rebecca in Montana here.
same thing happened to me. i updated keywords of my live book and it got blocked. after that amazon kdp is blocking my each new uploading book just within 1-2 hr of uploading.
@@MuhammadMusa-iw2ktI am having this same exact issue. Has been happening on edits to existing titles and new uploads - on EVERY SINGLE BOOK. I just keep emailing them with no support
My first children's book on a brand new account is a hand-illustrated by an actual human, not AI. I wrote the story, and it is original. The illustrations are completely original. They blocked me with "Similarity of the contributor name to another author Similarity of the title to a previously published book Similarity of the cover to a previously published book Similarity of the publisher listed in the book details to another publisher Similarity of the description to a previously published known work" but no real specifics. This is an ORIGINAL work! Glad to know I am not alone but I am far from knowing how best to solve this.
I'm really sorry to hear about this. I know Amazon are cracking down on books that are similar to best selling books, could yours be in any way similar to a well known book? It must be so frustrating for you, the only advice I can give you without knowing more about your book is to keep emailing Amazon or better still, talk to them over chat and try to resolve this. I wish you all the best.
@@TheHomeBoss Let me put it this way: the title of this book cannot be found anywhere, the story is completely original and so are the human-illustrated (not AI) illustrations. Similar? I can't imagine it would be.
My books are also getting blocked. They don't clarify anything. They replied with, "After further review, we’ve decided to uphold our previous decision and will not be publishing your title(s) at this time because the content might result in a disappointing customer experience." I talked with them and they failed to identify the problem. But when they forward my issues with review team, they reply with the same thing over and over again.
I'm sorry to hear that, Amazon can be very frustrating to deal with. Have you tried contacting them over chat? I find that is the best way to get a sensible reply. I hope you can get this resolved soon.
@@TheHomeBoss I contacted them over chat, they couldn't find any issues with my books nor the review team. The review team told me that they will not be publishing my title(s) at this time.
Facing same issue with many of my books and it seems like the bot are sending the same copy paste emails again and again instead of mentioning or clarifying the issue with the book. I got email for removing spine text from my book cover and when I try to upload updated cover It shows that book is blocked, Then why the f..k send email to edit cover image?? amazon is literally in hands of bots now.
Thank you for this. All very useful points raised. I am new to this and have submitted 3 medium content titles in a series in the past month. For each submission, my series was blocked even if an earlier book was already approved and live. Sometimes my series was blocked because I used the save draft option in KDP setup during submission . In all of these instances, I replied to the email asking for a review because I believed my series was blocked in error and they quickly resolved it within the hour without issue or me having to change anything. I am appreciative of this but it is also frustrating. I asked for an explanation of the issue to avoid it happening again and got a vague response with links to the terms of use and other instructions.
Good day, my name is macdonald.... well, I'll say that am kind of new in amazon, I started publishing in around may/June this year and my 1st book went live, but others were blocked. And it's kind of frustrating I must say, but am willing to follow all instru tions to make sure that the next book I publish goes live. I truly enjoy your advice, it was smooth, calm and gentle. I have also jotted down some keypoints you mentioned, hopefully my next book won't get blocked. Thanks alot
This video is so "on-point" that I can't even express it. I hope it goes viral within the writing community because the blogs are encouraging writers to use AI to write whole entire books, with no editing, nothing and KDP has already fixed its algorithm to check and find these things on impact. It is a great tool for research but is causing complacency within the author's creativity! It imposes these stringent rules on everyone.
That happend to me. After a month I wanted to change a books price, but I didn't eventually, because in the same time I've change my mind. So I did Not make any edit. After minutes, my book was blocked😢... And the answer was as always.. [.... disappointing customer experience]
@@lacramioaratiolan4507 i think because new update from amazon. Now if you have book with problem of complaining with new amazon policy after change the price your book will be blocked
Its annoying that amazon don't *tell* you why it was blocked. Mine recieved the error "Your title is unavailable for further editing due to, but not limited to, the following reasons: your request, copyright, content." Well, which is it amazon? I didn't request it to be blocked, that would be nonsense. So am I supposed to be defending the content or the copyright? The content is literally the entire work, so what specifically is the issue there, and as far as copyright goes, are you questioning whether I own the copyright for the book, or are you implying that something *within* the book violates copyright (and if so, what?). They leave you to email them making a guessing game of it, trying to defend something that they've not even specifically outlined as being at issue!
Yes, very frustrating. I wish they were more helpful and clearer about their reasons. Try contacting them via the chat feature, I found that more helpful than emailing.
@TheHomeBoss i couldn't find a chat feature (it may not be available in my country), but so far 1-5 of my titles have now been unblocked, following a long email defending my copyright rights
I published my first book and was approved, same with second then my 3,4 and 5th books were blocked with no reason. I went to adjust price of my second book and boom they blocked it. Am frustrated right now 😢😢 felt bad that after writing work for many days it'll be blocked 😢
Unfortunately, there is always a good reason why Amazon blocks a book. Sometimes books slip through the review process but when you updated the price, it was flagged up for a reason. Go through the Amazon guidelines carefully, most books get blocked because they are either too similar to an existing book or there are repetitions in the title. It could also be a copyright or trademark infringement. As I said, go over the guidelines very carefully, don't publish any more books until you find out what you're doing wrong. Best of luck.
One of my fantasy romance titles was blocked because of a single slur, a slur in a fake language that has no real-world connection and wasn't all that severe... Guess I should switch to vampire/warewolf smut; those seem to skate by their arbitrary rules all the time. S'whatever. My first mistake was not using a female pen name for my romance work. I hate this industry so friggin much. Regardless. Thanks for the information!
Mam does Amazon kdp block book due to use of VPN(location changer).I am asking this because my 5 books are blocked one after the other as soon as I uploaded to publish (while under review). Although I made them almost perfect according to all aspects (i.e plagiarism,AI content, grammar, spelling, formatting,...)
This is happening to me. I took a break from publishing and when I came back it now automatically blocks anything I try to publish. The latest was a kids coloring book. I’m diligent in creating content and meta data that meets guidelines. I’m not getting any response from KDP are: what is prompting these blocks.
For fiction and romance which we all need for sure, I recommend Romantic Summer Mystery, by Octavia Blake. Easy read and full of romance mystery and surprises. Great book.
Don't feel bad. My books have been blocked to 5 adult coloring books. I think I know why the title and I put my email address inside. I think that's a no-no But the good thing is your account is not terminated.If you get terminated, it's over.
Sometimes making changes puts your book into review and they might have found something that they didn't notice the first time. Find out why they blocked it, the reason may not be the price change.
The way people making video on youtube about kdp publishing is just "create account, use canva or ai , upload it & make money!!!" I find myself helpless after creating an account. Here is lots of pros and cons. I'm confused what to do. I've to find a way to get rid of all those problems. I wish i will manage .
This happened with me today After a break of 5 months i decided to change the cover of one my adult coloring book about zebra After i submitted the book for review I recieved an email shortly saying my book has been blocked The main reason stated was disappointing customer experience
I recently published my first archaeology coloring book. The book was selling and out of nowhere my Amazon account was terminated😢. The reason from amazon was that they found abnormal reading activity manipulating their content guidelines. I'm really confused what abnormal reading activity is. Wrote so many emails back and forth but Amazon says it sticks with their decision. I'm broken
Abnormal reading activity is usually related to eBooks, not print books. You didn't by any chance publish your book as an eBook? If so that would explain why they terminated your account. If not, continue trying to contact Amazon. I recommend to use their chat feature instead of emails, I hope you can get this resolved.
@@TheHomeBoss Thank you for your reply. And no, I did not publish the book as an e-book since its the coloring book. The book was actually ABC's in archaeology and I tried to describe every archaeological concept as kids colour with the goal of teaching them about archaeology in an engaging way. Not sure if I was wrong for doing that
i published a planner with the tittle '2025-2026 monthly planner' with out any subtittle and with out 7 back keywords and it was blocked hhh i will not lost my time in this platform any more
@@mohammedtoufik3373The title is way too generic. You only have the years and the words, "monthly planner". Those would be key words, so you could not use them in a title because they are the ONLY WORDS.
FROM CROATIA: Thank you for the information and advice. Could ChatGPT be used solely for translating a book, as I am not an English speaker? Thank you for your response.
You would still need to check it or get it checked by a native speaker. Chatgpt does a good job but it's not perfect. Always check anything that AI produces.
What to do when you want to revise your book that have been published by a publisher that is no longer in operation, but it is still on the shelf. If the book is sold, I do not get any royalties!
This is true ma,am, i watch some channels that are advising new publishers to copy books from a free site and paraphrase them and upload on Amazon. It was really a big issue
The issue is, even if u follow all this, if an account has a book blocked before, it'll be difficult for another book that has not gone against this to go live on that account
@@TheHomeBoss So you're saying that one of your book got blocked, and after that you uploaded new books and never face any issues and your account is still active and doing good, right???
But as to the content, Amazon is intentionally vague so they can judge a case by case up to the bot or the reviewer. so really we have to rely on forums or TH-cam to understand what content is allowed. What is offensive? That is their guideline. They actually say it's 'about what you would think'. What does that mean, anyway?
Thank you Homeboss for this amazing eye-opening video. I was really looking to the video of how to create unique titles. I didn't see it in the description either. Can you kindly give me a link to it pls 😊
I'm so happy you found the video helpful, here is the link for the video about titles: th-cam.com/video/SGXrtzJTiRc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dwD9kMFu9Z7u_Mh3. You can also search for any topic when you go to my channel's home page and just type in what you are looking for in the search box. Thank you so much for watching!
well this is discuraging... 2 manuscripts completely made, one book 51 thousand words the other 130 thousand words. Hand made, hand written, and realizing formatting is 10x harder than writing the book. Maybe I should just sell on my own lol
look i know my name and youtube videos about ai, but just look at the avatar I'm using... its a manual animation from adobe character animator, my art and my words manual but shit man this scared me.
They never block people for no good reason. There is always a reason. Stick to the rules and you'll be fine. Wishing you every success on your publishing journey!
Please, Home boss, mine is the termination of account for what I did not do. It has happened since August 6th, 2024, and I emailed them about it - that I did not do what they said I did, which led to the termination. They said sorry and needed more time to review the account. And since that time til now, nothing has been done to reinstate the account. And if I email them, they'll still tell me the same thing - they need more time to review the account. Please, what should I do?
Dear Madam, My kdp account has been closed and amazon didn’t reinstate it after many requests. Now can i open another account in the name of my wife? Is there any risk of being terminated by kdp after this? Waiting for your precious response
Yes you can! You just need to declare it in KDP when you upload, but it's absolutely fine. Make sure you edit the images if the AI has produced anything that doesn't look right.
Thank you so much. I have created many colorings book using free credits of Leonardo AI and KDP blocked everytime.I asked them many times but they didn't explain. Can you guide me little more plz what could be reason?
There could be many reasons and without knowing more about your books I can't advise. Have you checked everything mentioned in the video? If you are still unsure about the reason, try and talk to Amazon on their chat feature. With emails it's difficult to get a real person to advise, but if you choose their chat help, you get to speak to a real person and you get a better service. Using AI is not a reason for a block, so there must be something else wrong. Good luck!
Yup, I can relate - I had a similar experience... It's because of the free credits. First, your images are public and anybody can download and use them. Second, you don't have Leonardo's permission to use the free credit images for commercial purposes. How they know that they are free credits images? Well, the KDP bots crawl the web and if they come across an image freely available - they block the book.
I don't think there is a specific number, it depends on the reason for blocking. If somebody is getting a lot of books blocked, then Amazon will think they don't know what they are doing and terminate their account to avoid further problems. My advise to anybody who has had even one book blocked is to stop publishing until they have learned how to publish a book that is within Amazon's guidelines. Don't publish a book if you're not sure what to do. There is a lot of learning to be done before publishing, so many people just take short cuts and publish without studying first.
I chatted them up concerning the blocking of my workbook, but they asked me to direct my reply to the review team, saying that they can't help me. Within the past one week , I have sent my reply to them twice, without any reply. Please, what do I do next?
@@michaelimoleme3071 I would persist in contacting them. Otherwise, another option is to ask in a facebook group and see what people suggest the problem could be. Make sure you have followed all the rules about titles and keywords.
This Amazon them person don't understand tbem again What if tell u i Published a book on travel guide and the title is not generic title, i coined my own title which is trademark free , I didn't use subtitles and keywords and amazon still get the bokks blocked i also avoid the title showing on my description and they still blocked its ...this amazon i never understand them at sll
@@TheHomeBoss with Ai partially and was formated very well So is it's they don't want AI books again What If on the AI when placing manuscript instead of tea what if u choose * YES* what will happen
It sounds like it's a bit of a nightmare. Does Amazon have a thing about topless native ladies? Some of my pictures are historic & being topless 50 years ago was quite normal.
Yes, that is a problem with Amazon. I had a book with some cherubs that they wouldn't let me publish as they were nude. It's ok on the inside of the book but not on the cover.
@@TheHomeBoss Thanks for responding it's maybe 6 pictures in a collection of over 600 and far from the cover. The subject is Papua New Guinea, I'm not even sure if Amazon would want something like that.
@@bobjackson4720 You could always try and speak to Amazon. I recommend to do this over their chat feature. I managed to convince them to publish my Homeboss Toolkit book, they blocked it due to the word "Toolkit". They thought it was confusing the customers as it wasn't a real toolkit. I spoke to them and explained that the word toolkit is used to represent figurative tools and they published the book. You may want to speak to somebody about your book as it is a very legitimate subject and I'm sure of interest to many readers. Don't give up!
@@Okeflora.6480 the email you'll get when your book get blocked, "thank for submitting ".................." Based on our review, we won’t be accepting your submission for publication because the book(s) might result in a disappointing customer experience." This is what we've been getting
They cant beat it without affecting people who put in time and talent they should just stop!!!! I have decided to diversify, i would open a shopify store, and print and ship some of my books so all of them wont be on kdp.
I completely disagree with you, but that's fine. I'm only advising people on what not to do because I know it will affect their KDP account. People are free to make their own choice.
@@Fiction-Frenzy Yes, you'll get a mail that says 'warning' and tells you what you did wrong. It only doesn't really tell you how to fix it. They give you 5 days to fix the book.
I have made so many thousands of books over years.. and never had so much issue uploading books to KDP as i did for one recent Coloring book. The recent KW changes has the KDP bots really jumping on any duplicate words, even common repeat words.. Like Coloring Books and Activity Books in the Title and Sub Title.. and then using the word book or books in your back end.. it has become a bit frustrating and I do THINK that they are also trying to get people to literally GIVE UP.. who are here to make money and not here because they LOVE what they are doing.
Rebecca in Montana here.
same thing happened to me. i updated keywords of my live book and it got blocked. after that amazon kdp is blocking my each new uploading book just within 1-2 hr of uploading.
@@MuhammadMusa-iw2ktI am having this same exact issue. Has been happening on edits to existing titles and new uploads - on EVERY SINGLE BOOK. I just keep emailing them with no support
@@MuhammadMusa-iw2ktMe too!
My first children's book on a brand new account is a hand-illustrated by an actual human, not AI. I wrote the story, and it is original. The illustrations are completely original. They blocked me with "Similarity of the contributor name to another author Similarity of the title to a previously published book Similarity of the cover to a previously published book Similarity of the publisher listed in the book details to another publisher Similarity of the description to a previously published known work" but no real specifics. This is an ORIGINAL work! Glad to know I am not alone but I am far from knowing how best to solve this.
I'm really sorry to hear about this. I know Amazon are cracking down on books that are similar to best selling books, could yours be in any way similar to a well known book? It must be so frustrating for you, the only advice I can give you without knowing more about your book is to keep emailing Amazon or better still, talk to them over chat and try to resolve this. I wish you all the best.
@@TheHomeBoss Let me put it this way: the title of this book cannot be found anywhere, the story is completely original and so are the human-illustrated (not AI) illustrations. Similar? I can't imagine it would be.
@@brightbite In that case definitely try to speak to someone at KDP, I can only imagine how frustrating this must be!
I like your English ma. So clear. God bless you
Love your information and suggestions about blocked books. Very helpful. Thank you.
My books are also getting blocked. They don't clarify anything. They replied with, "After further review, we’ve decided to uphold our previous decision and will not be publishing your title(s) at this time because the content might result in a disappointing customer experience."
I talked with them and they failed to identify the problem. But when they forward my issues with review team, they reply with the same thing over and over again.
I'm sorry to hear that, Amazon can be very frustrating to deal with. Have you tried contacting them over chat? I find that is the best way to get a sensible reply. I hope you can get this resolved soon.
@@TheHomeBoss I contacted them over chat, they couldn't find any issues with my books nor the review team. The review team told me that they will not be publishing my title(s) at this time.
Same here
@@tummymummy0867 poor customer support & terrible experience.
Facing same issue with many of my books and it seems like the bot are sending the same copy paste emails again and again instead of mentioning or clarifying the issue with the book. I got email for removing spine text from my book cover and when I try to upload updated cover It shows that book is blocked, Then why the f..k send email to edit cover image?? amazon is literally in hands of bots now.
Thank you for this. All very useful points raised. I am new to this and have submitted 3 medium content titles in a series in the past month. For each submission, my series was blocked even if an earlier book was already approved and live. Sometimes my series was blocked because I used the save draft option in KDP setup during submission . In all of these instances, I replied to the email asking for a review because I believed my series was blocked in error and they quickly resolved it within the hour without issue or me having to change anything. I am appreciative of this but it is also frustrating. I asked for an explanation of the issue to avoid it happening again and got a vague response with links to the terms of use and other instructions.
Good day, my name is macdonald.... well, I'll say that am kind of new in amazon, I started publishing in around may/June this year and my 1st book went live, but others were blocked. And it's kind of frustrating I must say, but am willing to follow all instru tions to make sure that the next book I publish goes live.
I truly enjoy your advice, it was smooth, calm and gentle.
I have also jotted down some keypoints you mentioned, hopefully my next book won't get blocked. Thanks alot
Just take it step by step, publishing a book should take time and is not a quick process. I wish you every success!
Thanks
This video is so "on-point" that I can't even express it. I hope it goes viral within the writing community because the blogs are encouraging writers to use AI to write whole entire books, with no editing, nothing and KDP has already fixed its algorithm to check and find these things on impact. It is a great tool for research but is causing complacency within the author's creativity! It imposes these stringent rules on everyone.
issue started when i tried to update 7 keywords of my 3rd book. after that each of my new book start to be blocked.
i see that amazon blocked books after changing price
That happend to me. After a month I wanted to change a books price, but I didn't eventually, because in the same time I've change my mind. So I did Not make any edit. After minutes, my book was blocked😢... And the answer was as always.. [.... disappointing customer experience]
@@lacramioaratiolan4507 i think because new update from amazon. Now if you have book with problem of complaining with new amazon policy after change the price your book will be blocked
Same happens with me after Price changing my 4 books are blocked please tell me how you fixed this issue ?
Or changing keywords!!
@@andreasmith7109 changing price NOT keywords. Then the book get blocked for price changed.
Its annoying that amazon don't *tell* you why it was blocked. Mine recieved the error "Your title is unavailable for further editing due to, but not limited to, the following reasons: your request, copyright, content." Well, which is it amazon? I didn't request it to be blocked, that would be nonsense. So am I supposed to be defending the content or the copyright? The content is literally the entire work, so what specifically is the issue there, and as far as copyright goes, are you questioning whether I own the copyright for the book, or are you implying that something *within* the book violates copyright (and if so, what?). They leave you to email them making a guessing game of it, trying to defend something that they've not even specifically outlined as being at issue!
Yes, very frustrating. I wish they were more helpful and clearer about their reasons. Try contacting them via the chat feature, I found that more helpful than emailing.
@TheHomeBoss i couldn't find a chat feature (it may not be available in my country), but so far 1-5 of my titles have now been unblocked, following a long email defending my copyright rights
I published my first book and was approved, same with second then my 3,4 and 5th books were blocked with no reason. I went to adjust price of my second book and boom they blocked it. Am frustrated right now 😢😢 felt bad that after writing work for many days it'll be blocked 😢
Unfortunately, there is always a good reason why Amazon blocks a book. Sometimes books slip through the review process but when you updated the price, it was flagged up for a reason. Go through the Amazon guidelines carefully, most books get blocked because they are either too similar to an existing book or there are repetitions in the title. It could also be a copyright or trademark infringement. As I said, go over the guidelines very carefully, don't publish any more books until you find out what you're doing wrong. Best of luck.
One of my fantasy romance titles was blocked because of a single slur, a slur in a fake language that has no real-world connection and wasn't all that severe...
Guess I should switch to vampire/warewolf smut; those seem to skate by their arbitrary rules all the time.
S'whatever.
My first mistake was not using a female pen name for my romance work.
I hate this industry so friggin much.
Regardless. Thanks for the information!
Thank you for always keeping your audience on target!
Mam does Amazon kdp block book due to use of VPN(location changer).I am asking this because my 5 books are blocked one after the other as soon as I uploaded to publish (while under review). Although I made them almost perfect according to all aspects (i.e plagiarism,AI content, grammar, spelling, formatting,...)
This is happening to me. I took a break from publishing and when I came back it now automatically blocks anything I try to publish. The latest was a kids coloring book. I’m diligent in creating content and meta data that meets guidelines. I’m not getting any response from KDP are: what is prompting these blocks.
Same here. I had 49 journals. Now there’s only 26 on Amazon 😮
Maybe we need to change the dollar amounts🤷🏾♀️
Thank you for the info. It was informative and much and well presented.
My paperback vanished from my KDP Bookshelf - but not my Kindle. I wonder why that was.
I have 5 banned books 😢. What is the possibility of the account being closed?
Such helpful insights! I have shared to my editing business page on Facebook
For fiction and romance which we all need for sure, I recommend Romantic Summer Mystery, by Octavia Blake. Easy read and full of romance mystery and surprises. Great book.
Don't feel bad. My books have been blocked to 5 adult coloring books.
I think I know why the title and I put my email address inside.
I think that's a no-no But the good thing is your account is not terminated.If you get terminated, it's over.
I just changed the price of my old book and it got blocked 💔
Sometimes making changes puts your book into review and they might have found something that they didn't notice the first time. Find out why they blocked it, the reason may not be the price change.
Exactly same thing happened to me on Tuesday, i changed my book price, next within 15min book blocked. So, it's the Amazon bot doing this work??
It sounds to me as if Amazon are applying a more effective AI to run through books and metadata to find contraventions of the policies.
The way people making video on youtube about kdp publishing is just "create account, use canva or ai , upload it & make money!!!" I find myself helpless after creating an account. Here is lots of pros and cons. I'm confused what to do. I've to find a way to get rid of all those problems. I wish i will manage .
Same here
Thanks so much! great content!
This happened with me today
After a break of 5 months i decided to change the cover of one my adult coloring book about zebra
After i submitted the book for review I recieved an email shortly saying my book has been blocked
The main reason stated was disappointing customer experience
I have had my books on summaries and travel guides blocked. always the same story... disappointing customer experience
Thanks so much for this video. Hopefully, I won't have to go through this.
You got this! And if it does happen, it's something that can be resolved.
Why my all books block any resion@@TheHomeBoss
I recently published my first archaeology coloring book. The book was selling and out of nowhere my Amazon account was terminated😢. The reason from amazon was that they found abnormal reading activity manipulating their content guidelines. I'm really confused what abnormal reading activity is. Wrote so many emails back and forth but Amazon says it sticks with their decision. I'm broken
Abnormal reading activity is usually related to eBooks, not print books. You didn't by any chance publish your book as an eBook? If so that would explain why they terminated your account. If not, continue trying to contact Amazon. I recommend to use their chat feature instead of emails, I hope you can get this resolved.
@@TheHomeBoss Thank you for your reply. And no, I did not publish the book as an e-book since its the coloring book. The book was actually ABC's in archaeology and I tried to describe every archaeological concept as kids colour with the goal of teaching them about archaeology in an engaging way. Not sure if I was wrong for doing that
@@NthazaRantso sounds like a lovely book idea, I hope you can get your account back. Don't give up!
I had mine blocked and then terminated after 5 days.. i am so sad
Oh no, so sorry to hear that!
i published a planner with the tittle '2025-2026 monthly planner' with out any subtittle and with out 7 back keywords and it was blocked hhh i will not lost my time in this platform any more
That's because that is not a good title for a book. And you have to fill in your 7 keyword slots.
@@TheHomeBoss aha, what if i told you that 7 back keyworfs are optional due to thier own terms hhhh
2025 2026 monthy planner is a clear tittle
Exactly!! But if you don't add it. Your book will still get blocked@@mohammedtoufik3373
@@mohammedtoufik3373 est ce que tu as eu la formation avec kdparabic1I? Ma niéce veut faire cette formation ainsi que celle des livres de mots croisés
@@mohammedtoufik3373The title is way too generic.
You only have the years and the words, "monthly planner".
Those would be key words, so you could not use them in a title because they are the ONLY WORDS.
can we use the interior of one of our blocked book with new title????
FROM CROATIA: Thank you for the information and advice. Could ChatGPT be used solely for translating a book, as I am not an English speaker? Thank you for your response.
You would still need to check it or get it checked by a native speaker. Chatgpt does a good job but it's not perfect. Always check anything that AI produces.
What to do when you want to revise your book that have been published by a publisher that is no longer in operation, but it is still on the shelf. If the book is sold, I do not get any royalties!
That depends on the contract you had with the publisher.
This is true ma,am, i watch some channels that are advising new publishers to copy books from a free site and paraphrase them and upload on Amazon.
It was really a big issue
That's awful, I'm so sorry when I see things like that. It's the quickest way to get somebody's account terminated.
The issue is, even if u follow all this, if an account has a book blocked before, it'll be difficult for another book that has not gone against this to go live on that account
Like I said, I had a book blocked and haven't had any problems since then.
@@TheHomeBoss So you're saying that one of your book got blocked, and after that you uploaded new books and never face any issues and your account is still active and doing good, right???
@@entire3ds Yes, absolutely.
Please how do we know trademarked word
Theres a US trademark website where you can search up trademark.
But as to the content, Amazon is intentionally vague so they can judge a case by case up to the bot or the reviewer. so really we have to rely on forums or TH-cam to understand what content is allowed. What is offensive? That is their guideline. They actually say it's 'about what you would think'. What does that mean, anyway?
Thank you Homeboss for this amazing eye-opening video.
I was really looking to the video of how to create unique titles. I didn't see it in the description either.
Can you kindly give me a link to it pls 😊
I'm so happy you found the video helpful, here is the link for the video about titles: th-cam.com/video/SGXrtzJTiRc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dwD9kMFu9Z7u_Mh3. You can also search for any topic when you go to my channel's home page and just type in what you are looking for in the search box. Thank you so much for watching!
Mam my book is showing in Amazon Website but price details is not showing.. it's show currently unavailable....what should I do mam
Same with mine
well this is discuraging... 2 manuscripts completely made, one book 51 thousand words the other 130 thousand words. Hand made, hand written, and realizing formatting is 10x harder than writing the book. Maybe I should just sell on my own lol
look i know my name and youtube videos about ai, but just look at the avatar I'm using... its a manual animation from adobe character animator, my art and my words manual but shit man this scared me.
This sounds pretty sucky. I was planning on doing some publishing. Is it going to be worth it? How often does Amazon block people for no good reason?
They never block people for no good reason. There is always a reason. Stick to the rules and you'll be fine. Wishing you every success on your publishing journey!
Your voice is narrator worthy
Please, Home boss, mine is the termination of account for what I did not do. It has happened since August 6th, 2024, and I emailed them about it - that I did not do what they said I did, which led to the termination. They said sorry and needed more time to review the account. And since that time til now, nothing has been done to reinstate the account. And if I email them, they'll still tell me the same thing - they need more time to review the account.
Please, what should I do?
Unfortunately that's all you can do, but make sure you don't give up. Keep emailing them. I hope this gets resolved for you soon.
@TheHomeBoss Thanks, ma'am.
Thank you for this important information
My pleasure, I'm glad you found it helpful. Thank you for watching!
Dear Madam,
My kdp account has been closed and amazon didn’t reinstate it after many requests. Now can i open another account in the name of my wife? Is there any risk of being terminated by kdp after this?
Waiting for your precious response
Sell direct via your own web site and independent bookstores!
Can a corrected book which was previously blocked go live
If you have corrected the reasons for the block, then yes, you can upload it again.
@@TheHomeBoss how to find the reason as they do not mention exact reason in the email
Exactly my point!!!!
Really frustrating
My ad dashboard is showing $9.8 for this month , while the invoice is showing up $50. Is there anyone else who has been the same thing
What do amazon means by disappointing customer
Great info. Thank you. 🌷🌿
Very informative video. Absolutely LOVED it ❤!
I have a question. Could I use AI-generated images in my book?
Yes you can! You just need to declare it in KDP when you upload, but it's absolutely fine. Make sure you edit the images if the AI has produced anything that doesn't look right.
Thank you so much. I have created many colorings book using free credits of Leonardo AI and KDP blocked everytime.I asked them many times but they didn't explain. Can you guide me little more plz what could be reason?
There could be many reasons and without knowing more about your books I can't advise. Have you checked everything mentioned in the video? If you are still unsure about the reason, try and talk to Amazon on their chat feature. With emails it's difficult to get a real person to advise, but if you choose their chat help, you get to speak to a real person and you get a better service. Using AI is not a reason for a block, so there must be something else wrong. Good luck!
Yup, I can relate - I had a similar experience... It's because of the free credits. First, your images are public and anybody can download and use them. Second, you don't have Leonardo's permission to use the free credit images for commercial purposes. How they know that they are free credits images? Well, the KDP bots crawl the web and if they come across an image freely available - they block the book.
@@TheHomeBoss thank you so much
@@korasams Thank you so much
Mam kindly tell me, how many books blocked in kdp lead to account permanently blocked?
I don't think there is a specific number, it depends on the reason for blocking. If somebody is getting a lot of books blocked, then Amazon will think they don't know what they are doing and terminate their account to avoid further problems. My advise to anybody who has had even one book blocked is to stop publishing until they have learned how to publish a book that is within Amazon's guidelines. Don't publish a book if you're not sure what to do. There is a lot of learning to be done before publishing, so many people just take short cuts and publish without studying first.
My book has been block too for reason i still don't understand.
Contact amazon kdp, preferably on the chat feature.
I chatted them up concerning the blocking of my workbook, but they asked me to direct my reply to the review team, saying that they can't help me. Within the past one week , I have sent my reply to them twice, without any reply. Please, what do I do next?
@@michaelimoleme3071 I would persist in contacting them. Otherwise, another option is to ask in a facebook group and see what people suggest the problem could be. Make sure you have followed all the rules about titles and keywords.
VPN cause books blocked on kdp?? Please tell
Thanks Great Content
This Amazon them person don't understand tbem again
What if tell u i Published a book on travel guide and the title is not generic title, i coined my own title which is trademark free , I didn't use subtitles and keywords and amazon still get the bokks blocked i also avoid the title showing on my description and they still blocked its ...this amazon i never understand them at sll
Contact Amazon and find out why. I'm sure there is a reason. Did you write the travel guide from your own experience or was it AI generated?
@@TheHomeBoss with Ai partially and was formated very well
So is it's they don't want AI books again
What If on the AI when placing manuscript instead of tea what if u choose * YES* what will happen
It sounds like it's a bit of a nightmare. Does Amazon have a thing about topless native ladies? Some of my pictures are historic & being topless 50 years ago was quite normal.
Yes, that is a problem with Amazon. I had a book with some cherubs that they wouldn't let me publish as they were nude. It's ok on the inside of the book but not on the cover.
@@TheHomeBoss Thanks for responding it's maybe 6 pictures in a collection of over 600 and far from the cover. The subject is Papua New Guinea, I'm not even sure if Amazon would want something like that.
@@bobjackson4720 You could always try and speak to Amazon. I recommend to do this over their chat feature. I managed to convince them to publish my Homeboss Toolkit book, they blocked it due to the word "Toolkit". They thought it was confusing the customers as it wasn't a real toolkit. I spoke to them and explained that the word toolkit is used to represent figurative tools and they published the book. You may want to speak to somebody about your book as it is a very legitimate subject and I'm sure of interest to many readers. Don't give up!
Does KDP notify you when your book is blocked?
Yes.
Yeah! An email notification will be sent
We're all Getting the same email repeatedly 😅
Is that the email they send you when your book is in review before they publish it?
@@Okeflora.6480 the email you'll get when your book get blocked, "thank for submitting ".................." Based on our review, we won’t be accepting your submission for publication because the book(s) might result in a disappointing customer experience." This is what we've been getting
Amazon blocked all book which i editing there
They cant beat it without affecting people who put in time and talent they should just stop!!!!
I have decided to diversify, i would open a shopify store, and print and ship some of my books so all of them wont be on kdp.
How can I get my book across to you for review so I can publish without mistake
Hello,
What if your book is a cookbook is it okay to include it in your Title
It's ok to include it but there are better ways to do it. And I would put it in the subtitle, not the title.
Thanks,
but lastly, please can you help state an example, I'd appreciate it
@@DiyHalle Examples of titles? I have lots of videos about that.
I'll check them out, thanks.
I guess I ought to forget about my next book, "Better Gratification for Incels."
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Why even bother with kindle at this point too many dam rules
I bother because it creates a good income and I follow the rules. Not difficult.
hello
I think only coloring books have this problem.
This video was uploaded 6 days ago. As of today, Ai is now more qualified to write books than humans. What now?
I completely disagree with you, but that's fine. I'm only advising people on what not to do because I know it will affect their KDP account. People are free to make their own choice.
Some of the examples you are using sound like things only manicas would do.
Yes. I agree.
Does KDP notify you when your book is blocked?
Yes, Amazons warns you beforehand.
@@learnfrisian thanks!
How do you get to be notify from Amazon?
Do you get a mail or?
Thank you@@learnfrisian
@@Fiction-Frenzy Yes, you'll get a mail that says 'warning' and tells you what you did wrong. It only doesn't really tell you how to fix it. They give you 5 days to fix the book.
@@learnfrisianThis is not correct. They can and will block your book without warning.