My Amazon KDP Account Was Terminated Twice!! Mistakes to Avoid When Publishing Low Content Books 

Great video Caroline and what an ordeal to have to go through! I can only imagine how much your heart sank when you received that KDP correspondence. Such great advice and I appreciate your transparency. Regards, Romney

Thank you Caroline for taking us through the tricky process of publishing on KDP and amazon. The story of your struggles to come back into action is challenging and inspiring. You are certainly on the highway to great success. All the best.

Kudos to you for staying respectful. Thankful or not for Amazon and intended or not this is nothing short of abusive.

I’m very sorry that happened to you. Hearing about it is stressful!! Thank you so much for sharing your story!

Welcome to automation, Artificial Intelligence, and form letters - the trifecta of a "better world". :-) sorry you had so much trouble...glad you got is sorted out...thank you for sharing your lessons-learned.

This is insane! I've always known that KDP is NOT something one can truly rely on for this exact reason. They did this to my Merch account, shut it down with no info or reason, and no chance to reestablish it. Really tough, as my sales had been increasing. Now that I'm on KDP, I have the same fear, so I do what I can to be careful and follow the guidelines, however the reality is it really is a shot in the dark. Each reviewer is a different person and they don't all respond the same way to the exact same book/metadata. And someone can sabotage another author by complaining to Amazon, because they are a jealous competitor, or just because they're a troll. You just never know. This is significantly harder to do with a high content book, true ... But I would suggest for everyone who's super reliant on KDP to think twice. Publish books independently, too. You can even publish independently and sell on Amazon (without KDP). KDP can go away in a flash! Thank you for sharing and hope your account stays safe!

That must have been a very scary and frustrating in equal measure! Thank you for sharing your experience. Imagine the number of people who don't ask why or ask for their case to be reconsidered.

Wow, I felt bad for what you went through. I am pleased it was resolved, but it gave you a new perspective on other platforms other than Amazon. You live and you learn. Thanks for the intense video.

Wow! What an experience. It has definitely got me thinking whether or not I should proceed with low content publishing. because you are so knowledgeable and if this is happening with someone like you then beginners don't have much chance to survive even after trying our best to stay within the guidelines.

thank you for sharing your experience. I feel like this is my biggest fear as a self publisher: even if you're been extra careful with your books, there's always the chance to get terminated and, as you said, KDP isn't obliged to give you an explanation whatsoever or admit it was a mistake and reinstate your account. Thanks again!

Thank you Caroline for all your work and help. It is really raging to go through such problems. You seem and I am sure that you are an honest lady that delivers good content. I kind of been though a pretty similar story. I tried to open a shop in etsy but since I am from Algeria, and that they do not have such a country on their geography maps lol. My information may have been incoherent somehow. But nothing illegal or weird. I didn't hide my IP etc... They send me an email... Waou I felt I was a sort of thief or something. "not interested in your content " " don't ever try to re-open a shop again "don't even try with another account " And the email really seemed to be" personal " I just wanted to add that I have a few fiction short stories and a novel published by American editors and now I try low content books. This is why I appreciate your work because not everybody shares information with such generosity. Thank you again.

"The problem was that I didn't really know what the problem was." Facebook ads are the same--they don't tell you what you've done wrong or how to fix it, which makes things quite challenging. Thanks for this video. It's really helpful.

Whew! That would have been sooo stressful. I love your work, and know how careful you coach us to be, and I have always looked to you for reliable guidance. Keep us posted, because I still look to you for a superior source of training, and will continue to follow your advice. Hang in there, you got this, I am confident you will be a success whichever way you decide to go. Loyal fan here.❤️

Wow, not the most pleasant experience I can imagine... Very honest video, and all the best for your fiction publications Caroline!

I just took a nail biting journey with you! I also wouldn't be happy to just continue without a specific reason for what I'd done wrong as it would likely just result in unwittingly making the same mistake again. I'm glad you got reinstated and they admitted to the issue eventually.

Great info. I love it when the pros can be transparent to show us what not to do as well as what to do. Thanks so much.

I did have my account terminated and reinstated in the same day. It was on my 100th low content book. I realized later the reason was a trademarked phrase and since then I’ve been checking TeSS and defaulting to no subtitle and a simple word title like Journal. I just published two dream journals so I’m going to change the interiors with a few custom touches since I did purchase the interior from CF. Thanks for your video and so sorry you had to experience this. It is the worst sinking feeling! Please keep us posted on the other options you uncover for Low content publishing.

Thanks a million for sharing this valuable information! Keep up the good work! Love your channel!! #Bahamas🇧🇸

Thank you for sharing, such a useful and honest content😍 Great to know what could happen and how to fix it

So sorry for what you have gone through. Thank you for being so transparent and authentic. This is very helpful. Yes... it is so difficult not to know what exactly what that was... I trust that all will be well in all your future books - Low and High Content books.

I started with Amazon KDP yesterday...still in Review ! I had a problem with filling the form out but all went well...Thank u for sharing ...so happy everything turned out well for u too....❤️

My account was permanently closed by KDP this weekend. It was insane. They said that I had published "misleading content" for a journal with my own photography, and the girl's name is Verity. I had over 12,000 titles uploaded using my own photographs and so I just freaked out. I have emailed every day, but they just keep telling me that I am permanently banned. I did not thing wrong. It was a journal and the description was entirely accurate. I think about all the hours that I put into this and it's devastating. It has happened to me before, and it was a mistake they made, for flagging my own photography and they deleted everything from my bookshelf. They said that it was their mistake, and let me in again. But this time - I'm not feeling very confident it will get turned around. I would like to know if there is a way to work around the content review team and get help when they make this insane decision that deeply impacts my life - for literally no reason. I was getting some good traction and it hurts. Perhaps if I wait it out for 6 months I can re-email them and see if they will change their mind. It's really no way to run a business, is it? I feel as though this team could really use some training. It was really nice to hear your story, although, I am not going to be as fortunate as you I think.

Very useful video, thank you! And what a frustrating story, but good to know how you navigated the issue.

Oh my gosh! I am so sorry you went through that. It has encouraged me to be EVEN more careful.

Wow!! I hate those vague replies!! It is like talking to a refrigerator. I have no idea why my book could be misleading to customers, really. They reply the same message again and again... 🤦‍♀️ Thank you very much for this valuable information. I learn from you a lot ❤

My story is much more exciting! My account got terminated last year because they thought I used a cover image for one of my books that violate terms and is intellectual property, although this image was from Amazon Free Stock of Images in the Amazon cover creation process! I received the same email like you and I did reply and acknowledged what they wanted but I explained to the support several times that this cover image is from Amazon. The next day they reinstated my account after I declared that I won't publish anything that violates the term, I will follow their guidelines, and I will revise my entire catalogue. After 4 days they unblocked my book and re-published it and apologized for the mistake and inconvenience!!! To date I still have problems with KDP as from time to time, mistakes occur during the review process. I finally realized that the review process is automatically done by a bot!

Oh, you poor thing! So frustrating! I really hope it didn't happen again. I've just found your channel Andi really enjoy the way you share everything and you're a huge help! Take care 🥰🚙🇨🇦

Hey!! Love your content.. So clear and precise, in the contrary things like that happens a lot with almost every Mega platform, robotic communication is so expected when dealing with such platforms, I so agree thats we must totally never rely on one solution, Happy your doing better now and that it was a misterious mistake lol, I apreciate all the efforts.. Keep growing 🤟💯

Amazon customer service can be a little frustrating sometimes when they dont get to the point and tell you what you have done wrong. I had a friend who had her book blocked and she did not know why. Amazon gave her a list of different things she could fix. She had to email and then phone them to find out what she had done wrong and then she fixed it. It was a problem with her subtitle. That took a week to fix, when Amazon could have told her exactly what to change on the first day.

So glad it's all resolved now, but what a nightmare for you! It had to be a mistake, I can't see that you did anything wrong. Onwards and upwards! xx

You poor thing! That is super scary for a creator. Sorry you had to go through all that. Thanks, so much for sharing with us.

What a horrible experience, sorry you had to go through this, BTW Loving the silver hairs kicking in 😊 looking gorgious as ever Caroline 🖤

As an author who has already published fiction novels on amazon I would have to admit when I first did low content books I was pretty scared of the same thing, I didn't want anything to mess up my account it is a pity you can't have two accounts one for low content and the other for fiction it would be less stressful lol

So horrible that a company can treat their best account holders like disposable doggy bags.

Thanks for sharing the story and the tips. Glad you're back in good graces with KDP. Good luck with the fiction project in the works.

How scary! How awful. I don't know what I would do! This is stressful without that happening. I hope you are okay, but I think how this must have really made you feel so unsettled. Wow! Hang in there. I know you will make the best decision. You have seemed so level headed to me, and I have used you as a mentor. Hope things will settle down soon.

I believe things happen for a reason. Your experience was a big heads-up and warning to newbies and veterans alike. I saw a book cover for a composition notebook the other day with a Disney character on the front! How did KDP miss THAT but they focused on a word in your subtitle? Things happen for a reason. The same thing can happen on RU-vid, or any social media platform for that matter. That is one of the reasons you are seeing invitations to join an email list or opt-in to a website. The subscribers are now YOUR customers, and you are no longer subject to the whims of social media and yes, Amazon. You mentioned other platforms that you could publish on. THAT, I believe, is the silver lining in this cloud you have experienced. Brene Brown talks about the " deviant bee" as someone who leaves the beehive to explore other possibilities and returns to invite the others to participate. After you start your own email list, you might share those other possibilités with others, reminding them that it is not prudent to put all ones' eggs in one basket. Good luck, Beloved

Wow!! Got exhausted reading it. Sooo glad I did. Thank you for the time you put into this post. Really helpful. Read lots of the comments too. Great help to me as im yet to actually publish. Cheers

I will always choose the worse in people. Being that we are all related, family is the worse, I will always bet that one of your competitors complained and KDP probably just jumped on it instead of investigating first. Glad you got it settled.

It’s amazing that you didn’t cry while sharing your experience! I would! My advice, don’t put your eggs in one basket. You can do both or more! Good luck and great content!

Thank you for sharing this! A very similar situation happened to me with Skillshare, although the story didn't have a happy ending. I published 2 classes with Skillshare and shared their links on my RU-vid channel, got several people to subscribe. All of a sudden, a month into it, one morning, I could no longer log into my Skillshare account. I send them about 5 emails, no response. Then I used an alternative email address to email them and received a generic email response from them. So it started to look like I was completely blocked! Finally, a personal named Grant replied that my account was terminated for violating Skillshare terms and conditions. Both of my published videos were on personal finance and had been approved by Skillshare for publish! So...it's unknown to me what happened. They don't respond to my emails with requests to clarify what rules I violated that resulted in my termination. I thought Skillshare was a reputable platform but I was clearly wrong. I never received my earnings from them. I'm glad to hear that KDP took the time to at least acknowledge they made a mistake and reinstated your account!

Thank you! Thank you! While this has not happened to me on KDP... yet, it is the type of thing that constantly happens to me in everyday life (Murphy's Law is my mantra). I feel your pain, but my head will explode slightly less having heard your story.

Thank you for your informative video. It has put me in an apprehensive state. I spend like most of us countless amounts of hours and effort in creating content online. Being new to KDP I do worry that like a click of a switch my account could be suspended or terminated for no apparent reason. Giving specifics on account suspension would be a good thing for all concerned rather than driving blind. I too would like to move towards high content books at some point and it would be extremely helpful if you could keep us posted of your journey on that one. Thanks again and all the best.

Thanks for sharing all this great information. You mentioned you had a book really taking off when this happened. Though eventually you received a message saying it was just an error or something I suspect someone was clicking on the "report this content" to flag your content. Publishing in the dream journal category sound like a rough crowd. A type of pirating to flag advancing content can move someone else's content to the next level. On RU-vid pirates use to try and stake a claim the income on channels and video's with monetization by flagging details on a video and the creator had to go through a lengthy, similar process not knowing what caused the suspension. And needing to prove ownership of creative content, some time multiple times. I'm sure many creators lost out to them because they didn't follow up or know what to do. Since then I think RU-vid changed some of the flag procedures and what happens when content is flagged. But for awhile anyone could claim anything about content and creators were at the mercy of a very opaque email system on the communication end. Word to the wise. Stay off Facebook as a lot less of these kinds of hacks happen when you're on a platform that is a parasite. Facebook competes with it's own users content by cannibalizing it. It's also smart as you mentioned to be aware it's a one way street with a gigantic platform like Amazon. Getting situated there, investing time and creating content and you begin making money and you can wake up one day and they pulled the plug. It's harsh. You are so right it is scary for a lot of reasons. It has huge pitfalls because it can shut you down and it can be very complex to solve. My guess is because you removed all content whoever was flagging you stopped. Getting you to remove all content is likely the reason they do it. It's so competitive. Now your careful and tip toeing around which is the opposite of being free to create and publish content. A big problem is that people have access to all these crazy stats and it's like a game with money coming in. They use the information to try and give themselves an edge. There are those who try to game the system. Even if they don't create something but they happen to say look up the fastest rising categories they might clone a product closely but with a few changes then flag the original to bump it off and even attack originators to get them off a platform. The emails you get look and sound AI generated by the flagging process so the teams sending out the emails really won't have anyway to know why someone keeps flagging your content. They kinda assume someone thinks you copied them and gives the benefit of the doubt to the flagger. They sort of take that for granted. If the flagging is repetitive then your account gets knocked offline and you get locked out as yours did. When you got it reinstated because you really weren't in violation of anything they just flag you again and the system sees the previous flag reports. By taking the bulk of all your stuff down and then staying in a smaller lane means your less likely to be pirated. That's my take. Since so many people are going on and off the platform all the time it's a very hyper competitive platform. And businesses who use to be big publishing houses are now in competition with small, independent, content creators highly motivated to get a library online that earns them money. Thanks for your insight.

What a frustrating experience. I had a terrible time being an Amazon FBA seller. It's very difficult to get through to anyone who can clarify problems to any satisfactory degree. There are too many sellers and perhaps not enough well-trained employees on the Amazon side.

Woah what a crazy ride glad u got your account back!!!!!!!!!!! and ty for talking about it 😃

Thanks for the excellent content Caroline!

Wow. I'm sorry to hear about your encounter and it's an eye opener. However, put it behind you because it wasn't your fault, it was their error. I appreciate you sharing your experience with us (your subscribers), because what you went through can happen to anyone of us. Wow... Last word, continue to do what you do, YOU DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG, so keep creating content and I wish you all the best for the fourth quarter.

Thankyou for warning us, it must have been terribly frustrating for you. This is because corporations judge us remotely by algorithms. This is what we now have to deal with, as sentient beings this is very hard to deal with!

Thank you Caroline very informative as usual. Looking forward to other print of demand platform this will be excellent. Lots of Love

Yikes!! So scary. I'm new to KDP, but just submitted a Dream Journal yesterday! Ha! Thanks for the video, super helpful in case this happens to me, too. Thanks so much.

So sorry this happened to you. I am pretty sure that under most circumstances reviewers are not typing the responses. Hey can only send specific responses based on what they think is the best fit. You have to go up the management chain before getting a human typed response. Thanks for sharing your story. I will go through my books today.

Great video Caroline! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for this very useful information!

Wow!!! EXTREMELY bizarre ("You handled yourself quite well" - RESPECT) - Sorry you had to go through that, and I'm happy for you that things worked out. I have been following your videos, "a lot," over the last 30 days or so, so when I seen this video in my timeline, "I jumped on it," lol, thinking like - "Wo, I better check this out, to make sure that I'm not making the same mistakes that she is, with my KDP Business," lmao!

This was an emotional roller coaster to listen to! There is no love to business owners or people who are trying to make it out the rat race!!! I’m so sorry that happened to you, I’m just starting out, I will be careful.

I have so enjoy your videos. I'm just getting ready to publish my first medium content book. I have a couple of people I listen to one of them is from australia like you his name is paul marled and he seems like a nice guy. I have screened over the last year. A bunch of content creators for KDP And you and him and a couple of others are really fantastic. I'm 63 and live in northern Idaho. Near the Canadian border. We have a horse ranch. And we are looking to retire And I want to subsidize our income. Thanks for your videos and I look forward to learning so much more and making money.

Thank you very much for your valuable info. All the best for your future endeavors.

This is the type of thing that scares me. I'm sorry you experienced this. So glad your account is fine. 💓

Thank you for making this video. It's given me yet another perspective of stuff that happens at Amazon kdp. Been struggling to understand all their guidelines, but I just can't get every part of it.

Thanks for sharing! It sounds a lot like FB when they dumped my ad account there. The back and forth was horrible. Still can't do anything there but I'm rather happy about that. It removes temptation.

I'm new to KDP, and so far have done moderate content. I do all my concept for interiors and all my original artwork for the covers. I've thought that most you tuber's mislead people on how easy and fast it is to publish. So far this has not been the case for me. It takes me at least a week to publish my books, maybe it's because I do everything from scratch. For me KDP has been work and nothing fast and easy. I've thought about using a template service, but recently a youtuber said what you said that her account was terminated because of using copyrighted interiors. Then I though about using a freelance art service, like fiver, to help me with my artwork, when I ask the artist about if the work was original they said yes, then I asked if they sold the same artwork to other clients they said yes, and that I needed to change their original artwork a bit. To me what's the point to pay someone and then change the art again, I might as well do my own art. KDP could also look at that as artwork copywriter infringement also. I'm still trying to see how to do KDP fast and easy ...IDK

I got my account terminated, less then a month in:( I didn't realize how strict they were with enforcing the TOS and used too many keywords in my titles and also didn't check my titles for trademark issues. Rookie mistakes. I emailed them my mistakes and copied your statement. Hopefully i can get it back my account back because i finally found a side hustle Im passionate in....its soul crushing.

Your video was very helpful for me and thank you for saying what I needed to say to them to get my account Reopened

That’s awful! So sorry you had to go through that. Wish they could give more specifics in their guidelines so I don’t unknowingly do something wrong!

OMFG! I would have raged! I would have likely dived into a bottle. Wow. . . so stressful. You have all my best wishes. I would love to know more about the other avenues you pursue.

it's terrible to hear so many having thier accounts closed down. This is whyit is so crucial to have a plan b. Sell on your own website after getting a good following. I hope that everything works out for you all.

Very interesting story !! Thanks, it's very helpful

Wow, what an experience! Who is running this process at KDP? Sounds like they need to be given guidelines on how to do their jobs.

What I do recommend is to top publishing for a while (in case you already had a large quantity of book publlished) because this could put on risk the rest of your books. Sometimes one cannot really see the mistakes we made but you can share the book, title and description you used with a friend, just for he, she to take a look and try to find what was wrong with your book. Is is a good idea to turn 180 degrees and publish high content book for a while. Stand by me if you need someone to take a look to that book. Take care

Thanks a lot, that was 100% helpful.

Oh noooo now I'm scared to upload books (Thanks for the information)

Good thing you have a solid personal fortitude, and you didn't give up. 👌

It seems to be a problem these days with the big companies. I had my FB account of 15 years banned, and the only response I got was that they were not going to tell me and not to ask any more questions as the decision was final. Everything I built up in over a decade was snuffed out without explanation. Glad you got your account fixed. I tried low-content books but failed dismally.

Sorry for that sad experience 😔 thanks for sharing 🙏🕊❤

Very informative video....I can only imagine all the sleepless nights you had to deal with because of the situation, life of a writer, love it or hate it, just always write about it.... Peace And Blessings

In my experience, large companies use canned responses. Their agents are also not allowed to type anything else. While it is extremely frustrating as a customer,the employees are also frustrated. The amount of emails received in a day is astronomical.

Wow! This story is scary. You were diligent.

This is so horrible. The stress and uncertainty they cause to people who are trying to do everything right is just massive. Meanwhile, actual bad actors just don't care - they just create new accounts, act like cowboys, and rinse and repeat. My account was permanently terminated about two weeks ago. I think it was a mistake so have gone back and forth a few times and eventually they said they will review the matter and get back to be in 5 working days. So far, it's been 9 business days and I haven't heard anything yet. I really hope to get my account back but I might not. It's so frustrating because if I cared less about my account, I would probably still have it. The first email I received just said there was a problem with one of my books and I should fix it or it would be removed from sale after 5 days. But the email didn't include the name of the book. If I had just left it, the book would have been removed and I guess I would have a black mark against my account but I would still have it. But instead I emailed them to ask which book it was so I could fix the problem. But I guess any email back that wasn't to say I had fixed the problem was the wrong thing to do as the next morning I woke up to the permanent ban email. In one of the emails back and forth, they did eventually tell me which book it was that caused the problem - a 2020 planner I uploaded in mid 2019. If that information had been in the first email, I would have fixed the problem straight away. If I hadn't cared enough about my account as to ask which book was causing the problem so I could fix it as quickly as possible, I could have just not responded and then seen which book was removed from sale after five working days. But because I do care about my account and I do try to do everything by the book, that's the reason I may have lost my account. It's just so frustrating when you see things like blatant copyright infringement going without punishment. Why do they care so much about a minor mistake I made three years ago and would have fixed had I known which book was the problem but they don't care about Disney or Marvel infringement.

Dear Caroline, thank you for your great videos. Week ago I published my first notebooks on KDP, this week when I published a set of journals( unfortunately I published the same book with different cover colors so the customer can select the preferred color) my KDP account got closed. I don't know if it is a suspension or a termination. I tried emailing them twice and I don't know if I will get my account back. I thought to try out Lulu as I needed my journals published for Valentine's. But am I allowed to use the same covers, titles as of the books in my banned KDP account? Or do I have to do them again, if not can I get Lulu account terminated too? Thank you

I don’t know how you can cause so much damage to someone’s business, cause them so much stress and not rightfully be sued for damages. They’re not legally unaccountable just because they own a platform. It’s horrible they can hurt someone’s living so badly and never be held accountable.

Thank you for making this video! It must have been very difficult to make about a painful situation. I often worry about just this kind of situation even though I take pains to try to comply with their content policies. Thanks again for taking the time to share. Appreciate all your videos. Good luck!

Oh, I really hope you keep publishing! Your heart is in it. Hope you are successful!... Please could you give me a list of your favorite other print on demand companies? Greetings from Vienna, Austria 😊

I worked for Amazon for years, so I understand your frustration. Unfortunately, they’ve outsourced their employees and these problems are occurring more often.

unfortunately this is like anything in life it's hard but not for everyone. It's heartbreaking but you just got to figure out how to get better and keep going.

I had this happen to me as well last month. It was one notebook that caused the issue, and I went through all the steps you went through. Luckily I'm new on KDP and only had about a dozen books, but I unpublished and republished them with all new titles after my account was reinstated (a "mistake"). Just this week, I pushed up about 6 Christmas-related notebooks and all my notebooks were rejected for the titles - "During our review, we found that the title of the following book(s) might cause a misleading customer experience." I'm now in the process of renaming these as well. Hopefully, they'll accept my title changes without closing my account again!! UPDATE: I think I realized what the issue might be. The instructions say that we should change the title & subtitle, but they don't give us an option to update the ISBN number. Isn't the bar code associated with the original title & subtitle?? I just sent them an email to confirm this, but I think if I follow their instructions to the letter, my account might be terminated AGAIN (unless I redo these books).

What print on demand options can you do spiral bound books with? Ive been.very interested in this. Love this video! Thank you!

My KDP account got terminated out of the blue today!!! Oftentimes, it’s particularly frustrating because a book may be rejected with very little justification and a mere reference to the KDP guidelines. I write only Word Search Books and certainly there would be no logo violations or the like. This is what I wrote to them: “Please tell me exactly what you are accusing me of. I write Word Search Books. I wrote one about “Seinfeld” which you objected to. It was removed and I never tried to republish it. I also told you explicitly that I had written one about “Married with Children” as a tribute which was approved and I never received any comment or objections about it. I also wrote one about my university that I attended, but obviously it should be clear that I don’t own the university. I have used the occasional book title or movie title as clues in my Word Search Books, but only to make them more interesting. I certainly don’t see how that could be a violation. PLEASE RESTORE MY ACCOUNT!!! I DON’T THINK I DESERVE THIS!!!” If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I never have made that much money anyways even though I have written more than 90 books. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise. A lot of time and money spent advertising my books… I really think KDP sucks right now!!!

Thank you so much! I felt your frustration all the way. 😢 I would have ended up sending a mean email before they admitted their mistake. P.S. I love your hair! I’m just now getting my mature hair but it’s not coming in fast enough for me. 😊

Crazy! Thank you for sharing this (I am a beginner, slowly learning, researching this niche). However as an astrologer I can see here possible influence of astrological factors as well. My concern with amazon is it seems so random how books are shown in the search and the market gets more and more saturated, people can copy ideas of others. And also wonder how can one do quality control to ensure the quality of printing is good enough?

Thank you for sharing. Keep your chin up.

Imagino tu frustración, es bueno saber que se equivocan y que debemos insistir si se han seguido los reglamento de publicación. Muchas gracias por tu video, muy valiosa información.

Thank you for sharing your story with us! Hope it's the last time that you had to deal with this kind of mistake from kdp

many thanks for posting

Wow, such a mess, thanks for sharing!

This low content book stuff is crazy. I made one, but not just lines inside a cute cover. I had a unique idea, thought it out and tested it with some friends, then made a single notebook design. It has sold very well, but now, there are at least five copy cat notebooks trying to mimic mine. They have copied my unique title, my description verbatim, and even tried (and failed) to mimic my design. Honestly it’s gross. My notebook sells and theirs doesn’t, but this has left a bad taste in my mouth. Amazon doesn’t even protect against blatant copying unless it’s formally trademarked. It’s bananas.

OMG the fact that was all for nothing makes me so mad! lol. Ugh. Absolute incompetence with no care. So sorry you had to go through that. I've heard other stories like this even with other companies like Etsy. Really sucks

I responded to an email about my meta data with three very specific questions so I understood what they were talking about; they replied with the same block of text that they copied & pasted into the original email. They don't even try to be helpful. That's the most distressing part. They give us nominal commissions on the works we pay and brainstorm to develop & publish through their marketplace, but they can't be bothered to help us hammer out whatever "problems" they come up with. I was sure it would affect two different types of puzzle books I uploaded the same afternoon, so I changed one's Title & subtitle after their second copy & paste response. Planned to do the same with the other book as soon as they flagged it again. That went through withut revision, as I had intended, for some reason. With such a practice of non-responsiveness or poor responses when we have questions, I have no idea what the rules are even supposed to be anymore.

Hi Caroline, Thank you for the info...yes, I'm ready to publish my journals....and I'm resisting for not making them "perfect"...I got another question, probably very silly (I'm new on this). I live in Australia: do I choose my marketplace US or AU? also I have made a series of low content journals realizing that I cannot publish them in a series...can I publish them one a day (got 10 all different...I'm a n artist)?? thank you

The creator economy badly needs accountability laws and regulations for platforms.