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Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Content Guidelines: How to Avoid Account Suspensions

Creatix / November 16, 2025



On November 15, 2025, Amazon temporarily suspended our Kindle Direct Publishing account due to our book Donald J. Trump for Losers. The book is a fact-based biography. However, the title may have confused the AI reviewing the account. It could also be that the book cover included a picture. It's not clear, but we agreed to remove the title. 

Below we are including a summary of the Amazon KDP Guidelines. By all means, we invite all our readers to become writers on Amazon Kindle. The world needs more voices. We should all be heard. We should all strive to be the creators we are meant to be. 

In This Post, We Will Learn or Refresh our Memories on:

  • The key content categories Amazon prohibits, including copyright violations, offensive material, and misleading content.

  • How AI-generated vs AI-assisted content works — and what you must legally disclose.

  • What Amazon considers a “poor customer experience” and why it leads to book removals.

  • The rules for publishing public domain and freely available content without getting flagged.

  • The strict metadata, title, subtitle, and description requirements every author must follow.

  • The dos and don’ts of A+ Content so your graphics don’t get rejected.

  • The main formatting and technical standards required for Kindle and print books.

  • How to stay fully compliant and avoid KDP warnings, rejections, or account issues.

1. What KDP doesn’t allow (content-wise)

Amazon is fairly broad about what it sells, but there are hard “no-go” zones. Your interior, cover, title, and description must NOT include: (Kindle Direct Publishing)

  • Illegal or infringing content

    • Copyright violation (copy-paste from other books, websites, fanfic using protected IP, etc.)

    • Trademarks used in misleading/unauthorized ways

    • Privacy or publicity rights violations (using real people without permission)

  • Offensive / prohibited content

    • Hate speech or content that promotes hatred against protected groups

    • Promotion, depiction, or glorification of child sexual abuse or exploitation

    • Pornography and explicit sexual content that crosses their line

    • Glorification of rape, pedophilia, or similar abuse

    • Terrorism advocacy or recruitment

    • Anything they deem “inappropriate or offensive” at their sole discretion

If they think your book violates these, they can reject, block, or remove it.

2. AI content rules (very relevant now)

KDP requires disclosure if your book contains AI-generated text, images, or translations. (Kindle Direct Publishing)

  • AI-generated = content created by an AI tool

    • e.g. you ask an AI to write a chapter or create a cover image, and you then edit it.

    • Must be disclosed when you publish or republish.

  • AI-assisted = you wrote/created it, AI just helped refine/check/brainstorm

    • e.g. grammar checking, rewriting for clarity, brainstorming ideas.

    • No disclosure needed.

You’re also responsible for ensuring AI content does not infringe copyright or violate any policies.

3. “Poor customer experience” (the silent killer of KDP accounts)

Even if your topic is allowed, Amazon can block or remove books that create a bad customer experience. (Kindle Direct Publishing)

Examples:

  • Misleading title/description vs actual interior

  • Super low-quality / auto-generated / nonsensical text

  • Spammy keyword-stuffed titles or metadata

  • Barely-there content (e.g., 10-page “books” with fluff)

  • Duplicate or near-duplicate versions of the same content

They can also change your book’s categories if they think you placed it somewhere inappropriate.

4. Public domain & “freely available” content

You can publish public domain works, but: (Kindle Direct Publishing)

  • They don’t allow undifferentiated copies of public domain titles if a free version already exists on Amazon.

  • You need to add value (e.g., annotations, illustrations, commentary, translation, study guide).

  • They can ask you to prove that the work is really in the public domain.

They also don’t allow copyrighted content that’s freely available on the web unless you’re the rights holder.

5. A+ Content & marketing bits (the extra stuff on the product page)

If you use A+ Content (“From the Publisher” section with graphics & comparison tables), there are extra rules: (Kindle Direct Publishing)

You cannot include in A+:

  • Pricing, discounts, “buy now,” “limited time,” “on sale,” etc.

  • Customer reviews or star ratings

  • Time-sensitive language like “new,” “latest,” “now,” “this year,” etc.

  • Off-Amazon links, emails, phone numbers, or “contact us”

  • Claims like “#1 best,” “100% satisfaction guaranteed,” medical cures, etc., without proper substantiation (and some are banned completely)

Images must be high-quality, JPG/PNG, under size limits, and not blurry or full of tiny unreadable text.

6. Technical & publishing guidelines (format, titles, metadata)

Separate from content topics, Amazon has format and metadata rules: (Kindle Direct Publishing)

  • Title / Subtitle

    • Must match the cover exactly

    • No keyword spam like: “Notebook Journal Gifts for Women Men Kids Teens…”

    • No “bestseller,” “free,” or other promotional claims in the title field

    • No HTML, ALL PUNCTUATION titles, or nonsense strings

  • Hyperlinks

    • No links to porn, non-Amazon eBook stores, or data-harvesting forms

    • No malicious/phishing links

    • Avoid “click here” style; use descriptive link text

  • Ebook & Print Formatting

    • Follow Kindle Publishing Guidelines (HTML structure, images, tables, navigation)

    • Make sure the interior matches the book type & description (no bait-and-switch)

7. Where to read the official rules

If you want the canonical pages:

Primary SEO Keywords (High Intent)

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  • Amazon KDP AI content rules

  • KDP AI disclosure requirements

  • Kindle Direct Publishing guidelines

  • Amazon KDP copyright rules

Secondary SEO Keywords (Related Search Intent)

  • KDP poor customer experience

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  • Amazon KDP public domain restrictions

  • KDP duplicate content policy

  • Kindle publishing best practices

  • KDP low-content book rules

  • A+ content policy Amazon

Long-Tail SEO Keywords (Google-friendly, low competition)

  • Why does Amazon KDP reject books

  • How to avoid KDP account suspension

  • Is AI content allowed on Amazon KDP

  • How to disclose AI-generated content on KDP

  • What counts as AI-assisted vs AI-generated KDP

  • What content is banned on Amazon KDP

  • How to publish public domain works legally on KDP

  • How to prevent “poor customer experience” KDP warnings

  • KDP guidelines for cover, title, and metadata

  • KDP interior formatting requirements for authors

Commercial / Intent Keywords (Good for Kindle store SEO)

  • KDP compliance guide

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