Thank you Paul, I saw that video. My particular project has not been uploaded onto Kindle yet or KDP whatever they call it I have a company doing the formatting editing proofreading and cover I was just looking for assistance on uploading it myself or having a professional like yourself help me upload it onto Amazon platforms I was just curious what your fee would be if there is such a thing that you do for people
Thank you! If the commercial rights to IP are constantly changing, how can you know your "OK to use for commercial and print on demand" IP does not suddenly change rights? Thanks!
I would not claim so confidently that there is always a reason when you do not actually know people's cases. I have NO more than one account, I DID NOT use any trademarks, I DID NOT used same content. I DID NOT publish low quality or author names books. I DID NOT receive email ..in the inbox or in the spam folder. Just tried to log in and my account was closed. I could log in but it was closed. It said access removed and account closed....that is all I could see when I logged in. So this video is not so accurate
My sales are growing month over month & I am close to $1k a week this month. I awoke this morning to a terminated account with a link to contact them. I checked my emails & there was a message about a book published 6 years ago & the content being freely available online. They requested that I remove titles with similar content. First I had to reply to the email promising to do this. Then I unpublished all of my old non selling titles - I dunno how many maybe 100 or even more. The less they have to complain about the better. I think they have too many publishers & this problem will only get worse. I intend to upload my titles to Lulu & set up a shopify store. Gotta have a backup plan.
today my account has been closed for few " beginner mistakes''....I really worked hard to make notebooks covers as diverse and original as possible, after so much work I find it very frustrating....
I just had mine closed this week and I still don't understand why. I have gone back and forth with them and they are basically telling me it isn't their policy to tell why??? WTH???? They can shut down your business, keep your royalties and not explain why or give you a chance to fix or explain. It seems very shady to me.
Thank you Paul, for this video. I received an alert email Monday 12. June 2023 11PM and 60min later I received an email with a suspension of my account - even though the first email granted me 5 days to make the modifications they asked for. I saw this in the morning and with the account saying closed, I have had no chance to amend anything..... I have emailed them back and not heard anything thus far.... very very frustrating :) Strangely I can see that Amazon is still selling 2 of my books... I thought when the account is suspended all my products would be suspended ? - have you come across this ? I guess I just have to wait and see if I receive a reply. Would you recommend I try alternative platforms like IngramSpark, Etzy or Barnes Nobles ? Thank you again for all your guidance, Inge
Sorry to hear your acount was suspended. I'm not sure if sales stop when an account is suspended. probably when it is terminated. IngramSpark is a poular alternative.
My account had been closed today, maybe because I bought a coloring book from etsy and uploaded it. I think its not allowed to upload the same book which has been uploaded by someone else before. Another issue I had: kdp said that the statement by the author leads to confusion among buyers. But I used this name in other books which were live and had no problems. maybe a bot recognizes a lot of things as wrong that aren't wrong, and if that happens more often, you get banned. This means, you can't do anything against it, all you do could be wrong 😢
Hello Paul, my account was terminated today. The mail said it was due to my title misleading customers. I had two books published with similar titles together on the same day (both had different interiors only the 1st page was the same). One of them got a warning saying it was misleading customers and was blocked while the other was still under review. As I was dealing with the 1st book the other one went live and guess the amazon bots thought that I intentionally uploaded the same title again and terminated my account. Do you think this was a mistake and I could have my account back? Ps: the 1st book was actually automatically unblocked and went into review again on its own.
Without knowing the title of the book and specific detials it's difficult to say. Once an account is terminated it is very difficult to get back. The only thing you can do is contact KDP support.
Hello and thank you from the great videos. My account was suspended today. I posted a 369 Manifestation journal and was told I didn't hold the necessary rights. However, I see 100's of similar journals, some of which even mention Tesla. I am so confused by this.
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm not familiar with 369. Unfortuantely, even if other books are getting away with it, if your book gets picked up on a manual review it can be a problem.
Hello Paul! Thanks for the video. Please tell me, when you got your account suspended for using VA for ratings, do you have a chance to get it back?... Thank you!
But can I have for exemple 3 or more different pen name with one account? Because I would like to create different type of books, foe exemple books for kids, for adults in different niches and different categories
How can I get it back, I have a lot of book published just one today I got terminated for misleading the funny part I unpublished it to remake the book they still blocked me and terminated, can I get the account back? If so how?
I'm targeting a certain set of keywords for my books that I like putting as the title of my book. Would you see any problem with naming two completely separate books, or three or four, ect(different covers, and interiors) with the same title? The interior contents are reflected precisely by what's in the title. Mahalo.
Yu can do that but I would perhaps target a different but related keyword with each book. Your books then wouldn't be competing with each other and one particular keyword may get more traction than you would expect.
My account was terminated after publishing over 250 print books, ebooks, and an audiobook since 2014 and I am not going down without a fight. I need a contact for KDP - all I get are bots replying. Please share if anyone knows how to get through or a lawyer that can help.
PAUL I need your help. I just got my KDP account terminated today. Here’s the thing, when I first completed my first book, my book publisher was the one selling it with through their KDP account. They didn’t meet our contract requirements so we ended our contract together. Then I created my own KDP account and started selling my book on my own on Amazon. The termination email says my account is related to an account previously terminated. Do you think this could have anything to do with the termination? I need help please!!!! 😢 🙏🏼
Are Amazon Ads and KDP connected? I was charged by amazon ads for something I did not do and if I have my CC reverse the charges, will they suspend my kdp??? Customer service is non existent and they're not getting back to me
They are both under the Amazon umbrella. It would be unusual to be charged for Amazon ads if you've not run an ad campaign but customer service is the correct course of action.
If I'm using Canva images to create my covers, how do I properly attribute the image for the cover? Or is it even necessary? Do I select "I own the copyright..." or "This is a public domain work"?
Licensing information and information regarding attributes will be in the canva site. You normally tick you own the copyright unless the content is public domain work.
What about crello background images. Can i use these images for book covers...they say we can use for commercial and personal use. But information is not clear that we can sell the content created using crello background
On the subject of multiple accounts, be advised that KDP will not allow you AND your spouse to both have KDP accounts. My wife and I had both of our accounts terminated for violation of the "multiple accounts" rule. They never warned us or suspended us, just terminated us. On one of the terminations, they wouldn't even state the reason for the termination. Fortunately, after some serious groveling, we were allowed to have one account reinstated - but ONLY after several appellate emails, multiple rejections from KDP, and more appellate emails. We had NO idea how serious of an offense this was.
Copyright question. I want to do a Halloween book where my original cat character dresses up like a few pop culture characters. Would this be infringement and if so why? For example if I draw him dressed in a generic yellow sponge costume to imitate SpongeBob. (He would still have his cat face and not spongebob's). so not using any copyrighted names, and my art would be original. just parody. Thanks
Thank you for making this video! It is helpful, but it also leaves me with a few questions. *1)* Duplicate content seems a little bit vague. What exactly qualities as duplicate content? *2)* Also, how do they know if I have the licensing to use certain content? Do I have to enter this information somewhere to prove that I have the licensing? (maybe this is a silly question but I’m really not sure how this kind of thing works) *3)* What if I decide to make a separate account for KDP instead of using my personal account that I use to buy stuff? Would that be against the rules? I would technically only have one KDP account, even if I have 2 Amazon accounts with different login information. It’s just that one account would be only for personal use and the other for KDP. I was thinking of doing this because I don’t want to mix my personal account with KDP, but now I’m wondering if that’s against the rules.
1. Duplicate content is one piece of content identical to another. 2. They don’t but if your content blatantly breaches trademark they will contact you or if your content gets reported they might ask for proof. 3. I would email KDP support and ask for clarification.
I got a termination email and I have NO idea why. I'm wondering: IF someone knew you were selling books on Amazon and they wanted to cause you trouble, COULD they open an account, with an invented email and YOUR name, so you would have two accounts open, even though you don't know about it, and THAT'S why you got terminated?
Thank you Paul! What about doing notebooks or journals? They usually have the same interior and the only difference is the cover. There is any problem to do many of them?
Still great info a year later. Quick question on dupe content.. I have some teen/adult activity books.. with various puzzles, 2-sided pages and including a few select coloring pages (8-10), but want to also use those coloring pages in a much larger themed coloring-only book (say 36+ images) on premium paper, one-sided for the serious coloring buffs. Would that be a problem? Not sure if that's an issue.
Could potentially be an issue with duplicate content. If the books are aimed at a different market and they are mixed up with others it may be fine. Personally, I wouldn't risk it.
Hi Paul , I've uploaded a while ago some books that are copyrighted. and now I just realized that Amazon KDP can delete my account in this case. The question is if I unpublished these books will I'm able to skip the warning or delete my account KDP?
Hello ; i immediately got terminated with no warning so i wonder if there is any thing i can do they said if i think it was done by mistake i can email them about it
This video can help many newcomers to this topic and not only. If you're serious about this business, the whole truth is in this video. I don't turn off ads for a job well done 👍
I'm just starting out, and frankly I'm almost afraid to proceed. I think I have a couple of random emails from the years that I've been an Amazon customer. Should I call KDP to make sure that everything is ok? What if accidentally used a different email address that I was on?
I got my account termination mail because they believe I have multiple accounts, but I have created only one account from day 1 and using the same one , I dont understand where I went wrong .
Thank you Paul. I received an email yesterday and it stated precisely what my account was temporarily suspended for. I published a few no content books with pokemon characters
Hi paul. Thanks for your useful video. My kdp account been terminated few weeks ago couldn't get it back yet. My question is how can i open another account ? My first one was with my personal email address. I have got 2 options. 1 open another with LTD .2 with my partners details. But both of them with same ip address. Thanks
Today morning I also got the same email and it was very shocking for me because I just put a step in this career I tried to duplicate my own book like a coloring book and made it in hard book cover also And published the book Ebook which I wanted to make in paperback, so my book was published but certainly, they closed my email account, now you tell me how to open my email account again?
Hello Paul! Hope you can help me. I just got my account suspended for the low-quality issue. KDP say that they receive complaints from the client but this is impossible because the book was even online. Also, the quality of cover and interior was good, because I am a graphic designer. I suspect that what they call low quality, and bad client experiences, are related to the fact the low content book I upload was similar to others already there and had a similar title. It was a book to write a password in it. It's that possible? I now I am kinda scared because I don't seem to get what you can and cannot do. It seems to me that they are trying to block new low content account ( they were the first low content book I upload) and the quality assurance system is really obscure. Have some advice?
Same for me ! I just received the notification that my account was suspended because of "complaints" for books which never sold .. I am totally frustrated
@Giorgia - Have you recently received any mail from KDP which says: "Action needed for one of your books" ? That´s what happened to me.. The changes which were requested by KDP could not be made from my side (Author name was a Keyword and Author data cannot be changed after submission) and therefore they ended up suspending my account temporarily I guess... Let´s see if I manage to get it back somehow.
Yes! I was asked to change the author name of three book, but only one of them was available to be modified, the other two were still pending. So i reply to that email saying I fixed the problem for one of them, but i wasn't unablw to take action for others. Then they send me that email that the two book i wasnt able to fix were violating their quality and get the suspension.
@@giorgiadallavalle - So then both of us had the same issue .. let´s hope our accounts get "unbanned" - KDP told me that they expect a response mail from my side, saying that my future books will be compliant with KDP´s quality requirements and they also requested a proposal that I will remove the "flagged" books.. let´s hope for the best.. but honestly speaking.. this is kind of frustrating as we both tried to make that change in our meta data in order to solve that. It just feels unfair. - I will let you know if my account got unbanned - what about you? Do you have the chance to get your account unbanned?
@@bigbodreampack I think yes. They told me to reply that I will improve the quality of my content, and I did it. But I also reply to the email that was requesting actions because I did explain there I was unable to make the changes they want to. Their reply was vague. I keep checking if the books became available to change until today that I receive the suspension notification. Seem quite unfair to me too. I will check on you as soon as I get a reply.
Thank YOU Paul ! Unfortunately I have written a children book story for bedtime, l’ ve published the book and a few days after they send me an email to review my bank information. The email got into spam and l just find it today( after 18 days). In this time l tried to get log into my account and my book didn’t appear on, like before.. ( in the mail there was a time of 24 h to review the bank information, and then my account will be looked permanently). Do you think that can l solve this 😑? As l didn’t see the email before.. l’ m wondering if the bank information means that my card number expired, and l need to send the new card number.. I read the terms and conditions but didn’t find anything to understand this situation..thank you 🙏
Thanks for the video. I have a question though: if I buy an interior from creativefabrica, and say another one also buys it, and we use it on our respective covers, would it be safe ?
Hey Paul love your video's. I have Made almost 10 books now and some of them I have been using interiors from creative fabrica. I have noticed that some of my books have the same interior as other books in the same keyword. Is this ok? Will I run into issues in the future? The book in question is a Log book fyi
Have you made a video about account closures that have been made by mistake? If so, how do I regain access to sales reports? My royalty payments keep coming in, but I can't do anything on the website under my account.
I had a book denied because it said I have too many blank pages. But on all the pages I had the word sketch book at the bottom. I already have a published book with sketch book on their. So I don't understand.
Hi Paul, I have 2 Amazon accounts but not a kdp account yet. Do I need to close one of my accounts before opening a kdp account or if I only open 1 kdp account will this be ok. I have looked at the t&c’s but can’t make sense of it. I would value your opinion, regards Mick. P.s. many thanks for all the great info vids.
Great video! Very informative, I'm a beginner and just wanna ask about the IP address reason for termination of account....I usually travel a lot, I have a personal pocket wifi, which is different from our home internet connection, will I be in trouble if use the pocket WiFi to log into my Kdp account and upload some work while out of town? Thank you!
I've done that a lot with no issues so I would consider it to be fine.The problem is more often if the ip address is being sharedd by others that are also publishing on Amazon.
i want to know if i did a Trademark Infringement but i unpublished the notebook after knowing abt the trademarks problems do i have to worry abt my account
Hello Paul ! My account was terminated for misleading which is crazy since i was carefully using keywords titles… and carefully. With trademark , i did activity books and coloring book , i made sure not having duplicate interior , so I’m little concerned cause i started to publish Ukraine coloring book Ukraine notebook Ukraine prayer notebook after two days when it’s published my account was terminated! How they terminate for misleading 😑if it was suspension i think it was easier but there are sellers whose use trade marks and get just suspension and not termination .
Hi Paul I need help I have 2 books an author reported due to a trademarked word which I was completely unaware of 🙄 stupid mistake. However both books are now blocked and I have wrote a very apologetic email to amazon and the trademark owner. I am very worried about losing my account as I have only been doing this for 6months and have done well. Will I still get my payments from these blocked books as they actually sold well. I'm super stressed and worried as I am a single mum and uni student and times are hard as it is. Helpppppp any advice I will be eternally grateful 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I would suspect you wouldn’t receive the money from the sales but I don’t know for sure. You will have to wait and see how Amazon handles the royalties.
Is there a kdp email to contact amazon because my account is suspended, and they told me to give a document from my bank, i have it but i can not access to my account to send it
And what about re-creating a new KDP account with a different name, mail, bank account and a new formatted pc & new internet connection? will this work? And what if i re-upload my previous content?
I’m curious as well. I recently started an account for my sister, who isn’t proficient with tech. I know you can have multiple author names with one KDP account. But we wanted our own accounts for royalty purposes.
@@paulmarles Thanks Paul 4 replying.. I mean, if i have about 1000 books, the ones which got me banned were only 2.. can i reupload the 998 other ones with a brand new profile?
Hi Paul I have a quastion plz. I just knew that my wife used my phone to create her KDP account in which I created my acount the first time. Does that count as having multiple account ? Knowing that her account is not active she does not log in and never published anything. Plz a really need an answer and a satisfying one plz
Great video. Im studying up before I create my KDP account. Im kinda worried I'm going to unintentionally mess up. Like if i end up having a similar design to someone else. What do you recommend for avoiding something like that Just browse books available? I'd imagine that would take excruciatingly long.😔 I'm determined to make this work for me. Thank you for the great advice. New subscriber. 🥰
Hi Paul I wrote a children book and translated in three languages..if I upload the books on my kdp uk account will they be distribuited in the countries I translated the languages also?
My account got terminated because I called my note book - be brave notebook...I dont know whats going on. I am new...just learning everything now....losing my job...really need to figure stuff out
@@paulmarles Thank you. I got it back this morning. Ayayay. Thank you for your videos. Learning a lot. Haven't got any sales at all, but it is a process. I didn't post much yet.
My account got banned after I published over 50 coloring books and had first sales.. Had license for everything, appealed but it didn't help. They emailed me that they don't have to tell me a reason why my account was banned and they got right to ban an account without giving a reason. Violation of terms was the only answer that came in first email..
I got terminated last month with a book that I did not published. And I just find out that all my books still available at Amazon. It mean I won't get any payment and Amazon is using all of my books for making money. How about my write on all of my works?
Hi Paul, Me and my friends by a shared Amazon account under one email address where we basically use prime and other Amazon products. One of my friend have created her kdp account with the same email address. Now I am very worried to create my own kdp account. Does this create a link between the 2 accounts? what should I do . Please help
Hi! I was terminated in Merch by Amazon 3years ago and now Im considering to try KDP. Do you think I should make a different KDP account with whole new information like name, address, bank info etc since it's also controlled by Amazon? your answer would be really helpful!
That’s theft you should get every owed to you up to the termination That’s why they are doing it take peoples money. I heard someone lost like 60k and they just kept it! Class action suits should occurr
@@paulmarles I asked Amazon and they replied that there was no problem for another family member to have an account and use the same Wi-Fi. I created an account for my wife in case something happens to mine one day ...
If I have 20 books with different cover and the same content (120 line pages), will I be banned? Line page is low content book and all the books are the same content and number of page. Can I reuse content page of low content book?
@@paulmarles Good morning I haven’t uploaded anything yet I was just wondering if you had a service to upload a persons finished products to Amazon Kindle for a much smoother upload I’m sure with your professionalism
How to delete Amazon kdp account?accidentally i also made 2 accounts because my Email address is similar I was confused and accidentally made 2 accounts!
I did the same! Is not complicated. Go to your account that you want to be deleted. Click on "Help", and then on the left side click on "Accounts" and then "Manage Your KDP Account". There you will find "Close an Account". There you will find a window to write your message in, to explain what happened and that you want your account to be deleted. Support will send you an e-mail to let you know your account is deleted. ( I got it after few hours ) Good luck!
@@lydia2964 Thank you so much! I canceled that email account months ago but I was still being able to enter in KDP and sent the email to the support, I hope it's gonna be fine anyway! Thank you again!!!
I did a review for my own book and did not know I couldn't. The Amazon account is under my husband's name and I used a pen name for the author. Also our checking accounts are seperate and are not joined. I'm so stressed they are going to ban me. I'm hoping they won't notice its me it so I can quickly delete it.
Hi Paul, hope you're doing well and thank you for your explanation. If I use some free facebook group to promote a book through a give away during a couple of day hoping to get some reviews, do you think it can possibly be a reason for betting banned from Amazon KDP ? I've read on a group that Amazon is detecting ip adresses and may consider it as an infrigement. Do you have any clue about this question please because I read somethingand its contrary at the same time not knowing who to trust. Thank you in advance.
If you're offering a free book in return for a review then yes, that is against the Terms of Service and could lead to a ban. It would be dificult to give the books away and then get a review becuase the review would then be coming from someone who hasn't actually made a purchasea dnif you were to get a bunch of those it would appear odd in the Amazon algorithm and again attract attention to your acount.
Hi Paul, I emailed amazon saying that me and my wife both are working in kdp using different laptop but sharing same internet connection, is that an issue of risk? Amazon support answer me that this is not. So, what is you comment/suggestion on that?
@@paulmarles Is that could be a reference in future? Or will it help anyway, if amazon strikes my account? I was relaxed but get panicked after watching your video.
My partner and I also have a KDP account each on the same internet connection. I emailed Amazon KDP Support and they said it was fine. I will be keeping that email 😉
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Thank you Paul, I saw that video. My particular project has not been uploaded onto Kindle yet or KDP whatever they call it I have a company doing the formatting editing proofreading and cover I was just looking for assistance on uploading it myself or having a professional like yourself help me upload it onto Amazon platforms I was just curious what your fee would be if there is such a thing that you do for people
Okeyb, I will look ,thanks for advise.
I was scammed for close to 4 thousand dollars by Amazon KDP Publications
Thank you! If the commercial rights to IP are constantly changing, how can you know your "OK to use for commercial and print on demand" IP does not suddenly change rights? Thanks!
I can't believe I was banned, 5 years working hard on this platform and ended up suddenly when I began to publish coloring books like you.
Sorry to hear that.
@shancker2727 did you manage to get your account back?
Did you ever get your account back?
I would not claim so confidently that there is always a reason when you do not actually know people's cases. I have NO more than one account, I DID NOT use any trademarks, I DID NOT used same content. I DID NOT publish low quality or author names books. I DID NOT receive email ..in the inbox or in the spam folder. Just tried to log in and my account was closed. I could log in but it was closed. It said access removed and account closed....that is all I could see when I logged in. So this video is not so accurate
My sales are growing month over month & I am close to $1k a week this month. I awoke this morning to a terminated account with a link to contact them. I checked my emails & there was a message about a book published 6 years ago & the content being freely available online. They requested that I remove titles with similar content. First I had to reply to the email promising to do this.
Then I unpublished all of my old non selling titles - I dunno how many maybe 100 or even more. The less they have to complain about the better.
I think they have too many publishers & this problem will only get worse. I intend to upload my titles to Lulu & set up a shopify store. Gotta have a backup plan.
Did you get your account back?
today my account has been closed for few " beginner mistakes''....I really worked hard to make notebooks covers as diverse and original as possible, after so much work I find it very frustrating....
I’m sorry to hear that.
Yes, that seems to be a pattern. You are not alone.
This just happened to me aswell, and yes it is very frustrating. I didn't even get an email.
Did you just get your account reinstated?
@@KellyannpCancook1 Did you get your account back? I have been emailing them for two weeks now - with zero response
I just had mine closed this week and I still don't understand why. I have gone back and forth with them and they are basically telling me it isn't their policy to tell why??? WTH???? They can shut down your business, keep your royalties and not explain why or give you a chance to fix or explain. It seems very shady to me.
I'm very sorry to hear that. I understand how frustrating it is.
Thank you Paul, for this video. I received an alert email Monday 12. June 2023 11PM and 60min later I received an email with a suspension of my account - even though the first email granted me 5 days to make the modifications they asked for. I saw this in the morning and with the account saying closed, I have had no chance to amend anything..... I have emailed them back and not heard anything thus far.... very very frustrating :) Strangely I can see that Amazon is still selling 2 of my books... I thought when the account is suspended all my products would be suspended ? - have you come across this ? I guess I just have to wait and see if I receive a reply. Would you recommend I try alternative platforms like IngramSpark, Etzy or Barnes Nobles ? Thank you again for all your guidance, Inge
Sorry to hear your acount was suspended. I'm not sure if sales stop when an account is suspended. probably when it is terminated. IngramSpark is a poular alternative.
My account had been closed today, maybe because I bought a coloring book from etsy and uploaded it. I think its not allowed to upload the same book which has been uploaded by someone else before.
Another issue I had: kdp said that the statement by the author leads to confusion among buyers. But I used this name in other books which were live and had no problems.
maybe a bot recognizes a lot of things as wrong that aren't wrong, and if that happens more often, you get banned. This means, you can't do anything against it, all you do could be wrong 😢
I'm sorry to hear you had you're account closed. I know it's very frustrating.
I have two wine tasting tasting journals with the same interiors. Is that a problem?
No, that would be fine.
Hello Paul, my account was terminated today. The mail said it was due to my title misleading customers. I had two books published with similar titles together on the same day (both had different interiors only the 1st page was the same). One of them got a warning saying it was misleading customers and was blocked while the other was still under review. As I was dealing with the 1st book the other one went live and guess the amazon bots thought that I intentionally uploaded the same title again and terminated my account. Do you think this was a mistake and I could have my account back?
Ps: the 1st book was actually automatically unblocked and went into review again on its own.
Without knowing the title of the book and specific detials it's difficult to say. Once an account is terminated it is very difficult to get back. The only thing you can do is contact KDP support.
@@paulmarles how can I privately share with you the details?
@@paulmarles hello Paul,
good news! I actually got my account back. Thank you for replying to my comment.
@@sorjourn_joaquin can you please tell me how did you get your account back
Hello and thank you from the great videos. My account was suspended today. I posted a 369 Manifestation journal and was told I didn't hold the necessary rights. However, I see 100's of similar journals, some of which even mention Tesla. I am so confused by this.
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm not familiar with 369. Unfortuantely, even if other books are getting away with it, if your book gets picked up on a manual review it can be a problem.
Hello Paul! Thanks for the video. Please tell me, when you got your account suspended for using VA for ratings, do you have a chance to get it back?... Thank you!
Thanks Paul! I was planning to start a new pen name under a new account but you saved me from that big mistake!
👍👍
@@paulmarles please give me your what's up number ?
When you fill in your book details you can put in different author names, no need for multiple accounts.
But can I have for exemple 3 or more different pen name with one account? Because I would like to create different type of books, foe exemple books for kids, for adults in different niches and different categories
Yes you can. That is no problem.
I have not done any of this violent rule , but also Amazon terminated my account
Sorry to hear that.
Can I create a new account with a new internet network, a new computer, and a new bank account without the site discovering this?
I have a seller account on Amazon KDP and a buyer account. I use both accounts on the same computer. Is there a problem with that?
You can have a normal Amazon account where you buy and a KDP account.
How can I get it back, I have a lot of book published just one today I got terminated for misleading the funny part I unpublished it to remake the book they still blocked me and terminated, can I get the account back? If so how?
The only thing you can do is contact KDP support.
same thing happened to me... did you get your account back?
I'm targeting a certain set of keywords for my books that I like putting as the title of my book. Would you see any problem with naming two completely separate books, or three or four, ect(different covers, and interiors) with the same title? The interior contents are reflected precisely by what's in the title. Mahalo.
Yu can do that but I would perhaps target a different but related keyword with each book. Your books then wouldn't be competing with each other and one particular keyword may get more traction than you would expect.
My account was terminated after publishing over 250 print books, ebooks, and an audiobook since 2014 and I am not going down without a fight. I need a contact for KDP - all I get are bots replying. Please share if anyone knows how to get through or a lawyer that can help.
Were you able to get your account back?
PAUL I need your help. I just got my KDP account terminated today.
Here’s the thing, when I first completed my first book, my book publisher was the one selling it with through their KDP account. They didn’t meet our contract requirements so we ended our contract together. Then I created my own KDP account and started selling my book on my own on Amazon.
The termination email says my account is related to an account previously terminated. Do you think this could have anything to do with the termination?
I need help please!!!! 😢 🙏🏼
I have had some success with Smashwords. I am still in good standing with KDP, but I like to not put all of my eggs in one basket.
how come there is NO subtitles on this video ???? have you changed settings Paul??
I have no idea. I haven’t changed any settings.
Hello Paul I had my account closed without any email
Are Amazon Ads and KDP connected? I was charged by amazon ads for something I did not do and if I have my CC reverse the charges, will they suspend my kdp??? Customer service is non existent and they're not getting back to me
They are both under the Amazon umbrella. It would be unusual to be charged for Amazon ads if you've not run an ad campaign but customer service is the correct course of action.
If I'm using Canva images to create my covers, how do I properly attribute the image for the cover? Or is it even necessary? Do I select "I own the copyright..." or "This is a public domain work"?
Licensing information and information regarding attributes will be in the canva site. You normally tick you own the copyright unless the content is public domain work.
What about crello background images. Can i use these images for book covers...they say we can use for commercial and personal use. But information is not clear that we can sell the content created using crello background
Is there no number you can call. I can't get on KDP they have deleted my account so have no way of contacting them
On the subject of multiple accounts, be advised that KDP will not allow you AND your spouse to both have KDP accounts. My wife and I had both of our accounts terminated for violation of the "multiple accounts" rule. They never warned us or suspended us, just terminated us. On one of the terminations, they wouldn't even state the reason for the termination. Fortunately, after some serious groveling, we were allowed to have one account reinstated - but ONLY after several appellate emails, multiple rejections from KDP, and more appellate emails. We had NO idea how serious of an offense this was.
Thank you for sharing. Glad to hear you got one of your accounts back.
Yesterday night my account got terminated, is there any way I can get it back. Pls help. My earnings depends on this alot.
I'm sorry to hear that. The only thing you can do is contact KDP Support.
Can I make Amazon affiliate account and Amazon kdp account on one email or different email on one ip address
Copyright question. I want to do a Halloween book where my original cat character dresses up like a few pop culture characters. Would this be infringement and if so why? For example if I draw him dressed in a generic yellow sponge costume to imitate SpongeBob. (He would still have his cat face and not spongebob's). so not using any copyrighted names, and my art would be original. just parody. Thanks
Thank you for making this video! It is helpful, but it also leaves me with a few questions.
*1)* Duplicate content seems a little bit vague. What exactly qualities as duplicate content?
*2)* Also, how do they know if I have the licensing to use certain content? Do I have to enter this information somewhere to prove that I have the licensing? (maybe this is a silly question but I’m really not sure how this kind of thing works)
*3)* What if I decide to make a separate account for KDP instead of using my personal account that I use to buy stuff? Would that be against the rules? I would technically only have one KDP account, even if I have 2 Amazon accounts with different login information. It’s just that one account would be only for personal use and the other for KDP. I was thinking of doing this because I don’t want to mix my personal account with KDP, but now I’m wondering if that’s against the rules.
1. Duplicate content is one piece of content identical to another.
2. They don’t but if your content blatantly breaches trademark they will contact you or if your content gets reported they might ask for proof.
3. I would email KDP support and ask for clarification.
@@paulmarles Thank you for clarifying these parts to me :)
My account is terminated I have good amount money left in it will they pay or not.
I think it depends on the reason for termination.
I got a termination email and I have NO idea why. I'm wondering: IF someone knew you were selling books on Amazon and they wanted to cause you trouble, COULD they open an account, with an invented email and YOUR name, so you would have two accounts open, even though you don't know about it, and THAT'S why you got terminated?
Thank you Paul! What about doing notebooks or journals? They usually have the same interior and the only difference is the cover. There is any problem to do many of them?
That’s is fine.
I just got terminated for this exact thing
Still great info a year later. Quick question on dupe content.. I have some teen/adult activity books.. with various puzzles, 2-sided pages and including a few select coloring pages (8-10), but want to also use those coloring pages in a much larger themed coloring-only book (say 36+ images) on premium paper, one-sided for the serious coloring buffs. Would that be a problem? Not sure if that's an issue.
Could potentially be an issue with duplicate content. If the books are aimed at a different market and they are mixed up with others it may be fine. Personally, I wouldn't risk it.
Hi Paul
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I've uploaded a while ago some books that are copyrighted. and now I just realized that Amazon KDP can delete my account in this case. The question is if I unpublished these books will I'm able to skip the warning or delete my account KDP?
It will certainly help but no guarantee.
Hello ; i immediately got terminated with no warning so i wonder if there is any thing i can do they said if i think it was done by mistake i can email them about it
I would do as they say and email them.
Could you make a video of how to interpret the sales reports? especially now that it has changed
This video can help many newcomers to this topic and not only. If you're serious about this business, the whole truth is in this video. I don't turn off ads for a job well done 👍
Thank you 🙏
I'm just starting out, and frankly I'm almost afraid to proceed. I think I have a couple of random emails from the years that I've been an Amazon customer. Should I call KDP to make sure that everything is ok? What if accidentally used a different email address that I was on?
What exactly are you afraid of?
I got my account termination mail because they believe I have multiple accounts, but I have created only one account from day 1 and using the same one , I dont understand where I went wrong .
Sorry to hear that. Contact KDP support and explain that to them.
@@paulmarles can I get my KDP account back?
Thank you Paul. I received an email yesterday and it stated precisely what my account was temporarily suspended for. I published a few no content books with pokemon characters
yep - that would do it.
Hi paul. Thanks for your useful video. My kdp account been terminated few weeks ago couldn't get it back yet. My question is how can i open another account ? My first one was with my personal email address. I have got 2 options. 1 open another with LTD .2 with my partners details. But both of them with same ip address. Thanks
I’m in the process of self publishing my first children’s book on KDP. How do I check that a font is ok to use in the book please? Thank you
Each font comes with a license. It will explain it’s allowed usage in the license.
Today morning I also got the same email and it was very shocking for me because I just put a step in this career I tried to duplicate my own book like a coloring book and made it in hard book cover also And published the book Ebook which I wanted to make in paperback, so my book was published but certainly, they closed my email account, now you tell me how to open my email account again?
@MarthaDavies-wg2rm Not yet . I am waiting email .
Hello Paul! Hope you can help me. I just got my account suspended for the low-quality issue. KDP say that they receive complaints from the client but this is impossible because the book was even online. Also, the quality of cover and interior was good, because I am a graphic designer. I suspect that what they call low quality, and bad client experiences, are related to the fact the low content book I upload was similar to others already there and had a similar title. It was a book to write a password in it. It's that possible? I now I am kinda scared because I don't seem to get what you can and cannot do. It seems to me that they are trying to block new low content account ( they were the first low content book I upload) and the quality assurance system is really obscure. Have some advice?
Same for me ! I just received the notification that my account was suspended because of "complaints" for books which never sold .. I am totally frustrated
@Giorgia - Have you recently received any mail from KDP which says: "Action needed for one of your books" ? That´s what happened to me.. The changes which were requested by KDP could not be made from my side (Author name was a Keyword and Author data cannot be changed after submission) and therefore they ended up suspending my account temporarily I guess... Let´s see if I manage to get it back somehow.
Yes! I was asked to change the author name of three book, but only one of them was available to be modified, the other two were still pending. So i reply to that email saying I fixed the problem for one of them, but i wasn't unablw to take action for others. Then they send me that email that the two book i wasnt able to fix were violating their quality and get the suspension.
@@giorgiadallavalle - So then both of us had the same issue .. let´s hope our accounts get "unbanned" - KDP told me that they expect a response mail from my side, saying that my future books will be compliant with KDP´s quality requirements and they also requested a proposal that I will remove the "flagged" books.. let´s hope for the best.. but honestly speaking.. this is kind of frustrating as we both tried to make that change in our meta data in order to solve that. It just feels unfair. - I will let you know if my account got unbanned - what about you? Do you have the chance to get your account unbanned?
@@bigbodreampack I think yes. They told me to reply that I will improve the quality of my content, and I did it. But I also reply to the email that was requesting actions because I did explain there I was unable to make the changes they want to. Their reply was vague. I keep checking if the books became available to change until today that I receive the suspension notification. Seem quite unfair to me too. I will check on you as soon as I get a reply.
Thank YOU Paul !
Unfortunately I have written a children book story for bedtime, l’ ve published the book and a few days after they send me an email to review my bank information. The email got into spam and l just find it today( after 18 days). In this time l tried to get log into my account and my book didn’t appear on, like before.. ( in the mail there was a time of 24 h to review the bank information, and then my account will be looked permanently).
Do you think that can l solve this 😑? As l didn’t see the email before.. l’ m wondering if the bank information means that my card number expired, and l need to send the new card number..
I read the terms and conditions but didn’t find anything to understand this situation..thank you 🙏
Hi Maria, sorry to hear that. I think you will need to contact KDP support. Have you tried contacting them yet?
My KDP are banned for trademark issue. Have any way to back account?
Not usually I'm afraid. They are very strict on trademark infringement.
Thanks for the video. I have a question though: if I buy an interior from creativefabrica, and say another one also buys it, and we use it on our respective covers, would it be safe ?
It depends on the interior. Log books are fine. If it’s something like a coloring book or puzzle book I always advise changing it a little.
@@paulmarles I changed a lot on my book and they blocked the book completely.
how do you recommend testing coloring book covers? Publish one copy and unpublish if it isn't a winner?
You can change the cover without having to unpublish.
Can we use quotes from famous people in our books? For example a quote from Socrates or Gandhi?
You need to check for copyright and trademark.
Hey Paul love your video's. I have
Made almost 10 books now and some of them I have been using interiors from creative fabrica. I have noticed that some of my books have the same interior as other books in the same keyword. Is this ok? Will I run into issues in the future? The book in question is a Log book fyi
If it’s a log book it should be ok.
Hey paul, would multiple sketchbooks get you into bother or would they be ok like notebooks?
No, that would be fine.
Have you made a video about account closures that have been made by mistake? If so, how do I regain access to sales reports? My royalty payments keep coming in, but I can't do anything on the website under my account.
Hi Paul, if I use free canva images, will it be called as infringement?
Check the canva licensing page.
I had a book denied because it said I have too many blank pages. But on all the pages I had the word sketch book at the bottom. I already have a published book with sketch book on their. So I don't understand.
Hi Paul, I have 2 Amazon accounts but not a kdp account yet. Do I need to close one of my accounts before opening a kdp account or if I only open 1 kdp account will this be ok. I have looked at the t&c’s but can’t make sense of it. I would value your opinion, regards Mick. P.s. many thanks for all the great info vids.
If you open just one KDP that should be fine.
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Policy of Amazon India - they accept payment from two countries ( India and USA) only , can you suggest me how I can get payment from all countries?
I don’t know. Contact KDP support.
Great video! Very informative, I'm a beginner and just wanna ask about the IP address reason for termination of account....I usually travel a lot, I have a personal pocket wifi, which is different from our home internet connection, will I be in trouble if use the pocket WiFi to log into my Kdp account and upload some work while out of town? Thank you!
I've done that a lot with no issues so I would consider it to be fine.The problem is more often if the ip address is being sharedd by others that are also publishing on Amazon.
thanks Paul
i have i question: if i draw an original cartoon character based on a trademark is it still copyright
Yes. You can't just draw Batman and use it, only because you drew it yourself. Did you invent the character? No? Then you can't use it
Yes it is. Your trying to make money off someone else’s idea and creation.
@@Picknicker83 oooh isee thank you ❤
@@paulmarles Thank you ❤💪
guess i need to get some stuff unpublished asap
I don't want to use my personal amazon account. Can I make a business account?
I would write to KDP to confirm it in writing.
What stops you from just opening up a new account with new details etc
Against Amazon’s terms of service and they will just close your new account.
i want to know if i did a Trademark Infringement but i unpublished the notebook after knowing abt the trademarks problems do i have to worry abt my account
You should be fine if you’ve unpublished.
@@paulmarles Thanks Paul
Hello Paul ! My account was terminated for misleading which is crazy since i was carefully using keywords titles… and carefully. With trademark , i did activity books and coloring book , i made sure not having duplicate interior , so I’m little concerned cause i started to publish Ukraine coloring book Ukraine notebook Ukraine prayer notebook after two days when it’s published my account was terminated! How they terminate for misleading 😑if it was suspension i think it was easier but there are sellers whose use trade marks and get just suspension and not termination .
It's becasue Amazon does not usually allow people to create products centered around and profit from conflicts among other things.
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Hi Paul I need help I have 2 books an author reported due to a trademarked word which I was completely unaware of 🙄 stupid mistake. However both books are now blocked and I have wrote a very apologetic email to amazon and the trademark owner. I am very worried about losing my account as I have only been doing this for 6months and have done well. Will I still get my payments from these blocked books as they actually sold well. I'm super stressed and worried as I am a single mum and uni student and times are hard as it is. Helpppppp any advice I will be eternally grateful 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I would suspect you wouldn’t receive the money from the sales but I don’t know for sure. You will have to wait and see how Amazon handles the royalties.
Is there a kdp email to contact amazon because my account is suspended, and they told me to give a document from my bank, i have it but i can not access to my account to send it
And what about re-creating a new KDP account with a different name, mail, bank account and a new formatted pc & new internet connection?
will this work? And what if i re-upload my previous content?
I’m curious as well. I recently started an account for my sister, who isn’t proficient with tech. I know you can have multiple author names with one KDP account. But we wanted our own accounts for royalty purposes.
Well, that would be against Amazon’s terms of service. If you re-upload content that hit you banned then the same will probably happen.
@@paulmarles Thanks Paul 4 replying..
I mean, if i have about 1000 books, the ones which got me banned were only 2.. can i reupload the 998 other ones with a brand new profile?
As I said. That would be against Amazon’s terms of service.
@@VIPer2837 Hello. Were you terminated again after starting afresh with everything new??
I would like to send you an email?
Hi Paul I have a quastion plz. I just knew that my wife used my phone to create her KDP account in which I created my acount the first time. Does that count as having multiple account ? Knowing that her account is not active she does not log in and never published anything.
Plz a really need an answer and a satisfying one plz
I don’t know.
Great video. Im studying up before I create my KDP account. Im kinda worried I'm going to unintentionally mess up. Like if i end up having a similar design to someone else. What do you recommend for avoiding something like that
Just browse books available? I'd imagine that would take excruciatingly long.😔 I'm determined to make this work for me. Thank you for the great advice. New subscriber. 🥰
It’s unlikely you’ll end up with a similar design as the options for creating covers is almost limitless.
Thank you.💙😌
Can i use public domain images like images from pixabay , unsplash etc for cover specially
If they are royalty free.
@@paulmarles thanks buddy
Hi Paul
I wrote a children book and translated in three languages..if I upload the books on my kdp uk account will they be distribuited in the countries I translated the languages also?
They don’t do it automatically based on the language. You have to choose from the countries offered just before you hit publish.
Will VPN cause problems?
Thanks a lot captain, very useful as usual. May I ask if there is a limit to 'pen names' we use?
No limit as far as I’m aware.
Thank you so much for the information. I do wonder in this case how do two people work with same internet?
It should be ok but it is a slight risk.
My account got terminated because I called my note book - be brave notebook...I dont know whats going on. I am new...just learning everything now....losing my job...really need to figure stuff out
Sorry to hear that.
@@paulmarles Thank you. I got it back this morning. Ayayay. Thank you for your videos. Learning a lot. Haven't got any sales at all, but it is a process. I didn't post much yet.
Is your account still active?
Hi, paul.. I have 2 kdp accounts with different email, Tax ids, Bank info and names... Would that be a problem?
It’s against Amazon’s terms of service.
@@paulmarles I have deactivated my other account contacting with Kdp support team... Now is everything alright?
So would recipe book fall in the same category as lined paged book since there is only so many way you can change the layout?
My KDP amazon account temporarily suspended. What can I do now?
I say in the video.
What’s kdp number ?
You would need to email KDP support. I don't know their telephone number.
@paul.
If I make plain note books with simple plain lines and having multiple covers, then also KDP will ban the account?
My account got banned after I published over 50 coloring books and had first sales.. Had license for everything, appealed but it didn't help. They emailed me that they don't have to tell me a reason why my account was banned and they got right to ban an account without giving a reason. Violation of terms was the only answer that came in first email..
I got terminated last month with a book that I did not published. And I just find out that all my books still available at Amazon.
It mean I won't get any payment and Amazon is using all of my books for making money. How about my write on all of my works?
Can we do books like Pokémon colouring books or is it copyrighted because Pokémon series is owned by the some official company?
Trademarked and copyrighted.
Hi Paul I'm in the UK. I would like to know are you using a UK bank for getting your payments or US account
UK bank account.
Paul how can i sell photos calendar in kdp
Not sure what you mean.
@@paulmarles I am talking about wall calendar bro how can I sell on amazon
Hi Paul,
Me and my friends by a shared Amazon account under one email address where we basically use prime and other Amazon products. One of my friend have created her kdp account with the same email address. Now I am very worried to create my own kdp account. Does this create a link between the 2 accounts? what should I do . Please help
Yes it will. You can only have one account per email. That should tell you what to do!
Hi! I was terminated in Merch by Amazon 3years ago and now Im considering to try KDP. Do you think I should make a different KDP account with whole new information like name, address, bank info etc since it's also controlled by Amazon? your answer would be really helpful!
I think you would be ok.
Hi Paul, Great video! Are you still receiving you royalties after account termination? Thank you!
My account isn’t terminated.
@@paulmarles I know, it was a general question, let me reformulate. Are the royalties still be received if an account is terminated?
YOU Won't received the royalities
That’s theft you should get every owed to you up to the termination
That’s why they are doing it take peoples money. I heard someone lost like 60k and they just kept it! Class action suits should occurr
Would using a VPN affect it
If i close my kdp account.will i get the previous royalty?
I don't know. Ask KDP support.
If they suspended your account will they pay you remaining royalties?
I think they usually do.
Thank you for this Great Video
If one of my family has a KDP account and use the same router
is it cause a problem for the accounts?
Potentially if it’s the same op address. You may be ok. I only say it as it is a potential risk.
@@paulmarles I asked Amazon and they replied that there was no problem for another family member to have an account and use the same Wi-Fi. I created an account for my wife in case something happens to mine one day ...
If I have 20 books with different cover and the same content (120 line pages), will I be banned?
Line page is low content book and all the books are the same content and number of page. Can I reuse content page of low content book?
That’s fine be with a lined interior.
Lined pages are fine.
Thank You. Good to know. Do you have a service to uoload ready formatted book components, I own copyrights and have a ISBN and own the cover pic. .
Not sure what you mean. You upload them inside the KDP platform.
@@paulmarles Good morning I haven’t uploaded anything yet I was just wondering if you had a service to upload a persons finished products to Amazon Kindle for a much smoother upload I’m sure with your professionalism
No, I don’t. It is very straightforward to do yourself.
How to delete Amazon kdp account?accidentally i also made 2 accounts because my Email address is similar I was confused and accidentally made 2 accounts!
I made the same mistake!
I did the same! Is not complicated. Go to your account that you want to be deleted. Click on "Help", and then on the left side click on "Accounts" and then "Manage Your KDP Account". There you will find "Close an Account". There you will find a window to write your message in, to explain what happened and that you want your account to be deleted. Support will send you an e-mail to let you know your account is deleted. ( I got it after few hours ) Good luck!
@@lydia2964 Thank you so much! I canceled that email account months ago but I was still being able to enter in KDP and sent the email to the support, I hope it's gonna be fine anyway! Thank you again!!!
I did a review for my own book and did not know I couldn't. The Amazon account is under my husband's name and I used a pen name for the author. Also our checking accounts are seperate and are not joined. I'm so stressed they are going to ban me. I'm hoping they won't notice its me it so I can quickly delete it.
It's potentially an issue but impossible to say. I would just avoid doing it again.
Hi Paul, hope you're doing well and thank you for your explanation. If I use some free facebook group to promote a book through a give away during a couple of day hoping to get some reviews, do you think it can possibly be a reason for betting banned from Amazon KDP ? I've read on a group that Amazon is detecting ip adresses and may consider it as an infrigement. Do you have any clue about this question please because I read somethingand its contrary at the same time not knowing who to trust. Thank you in advance.
If you're offering a free book in return for a review then yes, that is against the Terms of Service and could lead to a ban. It would be dificult to give the books away and then get a review becuase the review would then be coming from someone who hasn't actually made a purchasea dnif you were to get a bunch of those it would appear odd in the Amazon algorithm and again attract attention to your acount.
@@paulmarles Yes, you have pointed out the limit of this free promo system. Thank you very much, , I appreciate this clarification.
Thanks paul, I've Searched this but im still not sure, is "quarantine" a trademark?
Is it in uspto and listed as live? That’s how you check. I would have thought it would be ok.
@@paulmarles can u tell me usser name and publisher name is same or different thing?
Hi Paul, I emailed amazon saying that me and my wife both are working in kdp using different laptop but sharing same internet connection, is that an issue of risk? Amazon support answer me that this is not.
So, what is you comment/suggestion on that?
Fine. Good luck 👍
@@paulmarles Is that could be a reference in future? Or will it help anyway, if amazon strikes my account?
I was relaxed but get panicked after watching your video.
Yes, I would advise keeping that email.
My partner and I also have a KDP account each on the same internet connection. I emailed Amazon KDP Support and they said it was fine. I will be keeping that email 😉
Very good, thanks Paul👍👍
You’re welcome.