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5 Reasons Why I Still Use Amazon KDP as an Author 3/5 #publishingsuccess #amazonkdp

7 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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YouTube video clip by Julie Broad warning that Amazon can suspend or terminate KDP accounts at any time and may withhold royalties; she suggests this may be driven by automated screening and tightened rules around AI/low-content books. Her main recommendation is that authors build their own email lists so they can contact readers directly (to promote books elsewhere or mobilize support) if their Amazon account is closed, and to grow platform and long-term value.

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Amazon maintains the right to suspend or terminate your KDP account at any time and withhold any outstanding royalties you might be owed at the time. It seems they are terminating accounts without a justifiable reason. My guess, and it is just a guess, is that this is because they have a lot of bots doing a lot of the screening and they have tightened criteria because of the increase in AI books and low content books. So what do you do? This is the number one reason I advocate for creating your own email list. There's a lot of reasons why every author should create an email list, but here's one big one. What if Amazon terminates your account? How will you tell people to try to get the word out to buy your books from other places or to contact Amazon to get your book back? And if you have people's email addresses, you can build a relationship with them and that builds your platform and your value over time.