The Dark Truth Behind Amazon KDP: Is It Crushing Authors’ Dreams?
What a relief to go to sleep that night, feeling accomplished and free from the trials and tribulations of self-publishing (too many painful details to describe here).
The next morning we received the following email from Amazon:
“We are terminating your account effective immediately because we found that you have published titles with misleading content that have the potential to mislead or defraud our customers. As part of the termination process:
- We will close your account.
- You’re no longer eligible to receive any outstanding royalties.
- You’ll no longer have access to your accounts. This includes editing your titles, viewing your reports, and accessing any other information within your account.
- All of your published titles will be removed from sale on Amazon.
- Additionally, as per our Terms and Conditions, you aren’t allowed to open any new KDP accounts.”
This email lunged me into the first four stages of grief:
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