Amazon KDP's Book Review Policies In 2024

Can you give out ARC copies of books in 2024?
How about give away gift cards to readers who leave positive reviews?
Bring your burning questions about Amazon KDP's book review policies and tune in to hear what their page has to say.
You can read these policies yourself here:
-Amazon KDP: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/top...
-Community Guidelines: www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...
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*This video was recorded in February 2024 and is meant to be solely informative in nature. I am not in any way affiliated with Amazon, I claim no rights to their trademarks or content, and I do not consider myself an 'excerpt'. Please reach out to Amazon directly if you have questions or need assistance, and do thorough research on your own before deciding on an ARC/review process.*

[@billmoore4187]

Cheers

[@madamcrystalbutterfly]

Loved this video I feel you brought a lot of good information about KDP.

[@KatherineDGrahamAuthor]

Thank you for watching! I went digging for the policies after hearing a lot of conflicting stories about what we can and can't do with ARCs this year, that I hope this helps others in the same boat.

[@JanetteGellarRomanceAuthor]

06:38 when you say you gifted the book through amazon did you mean it was sent directly to their kindle account?

[@KatherineDGrahamAuthor]

In that specific context, I was saying that if you have ever sent a gift to someone through Amazon and have their email address or physical address saved in your address book, it could potentially keep their reviews from going live on your book, or be flagged. I had one book release where I did send some readers ebook copies as gifts on amazon, and when they posted reviews later those reviews were not approved to be shown to the public, even though ARC copies are currently allowed. That was just my personal experience though. You may need to reach out to Amazon directly to clarify what they mean by 'friends and family' not being allowed to review.

[@JanetteGellarRomanceAuthor]

@@KatherineDGrahamAuthor it's interesting that Amazon can see who is in your address book. Just the techie in me is puzzling through that one. Thank you!

[@KatherineDGrahamAuthor]

@@JanetteGellarRomanceAuthor Since it's my Amazon address book (stored on their site, within my account) I assumed that was the trick. But only speculating. 🙂