Why Amazon Is Blocking Books And How To Unblock Yours

Hello Home Bosses,
I've noticed more frequent reports of people stating that their books have been blocked by Amazon. Why is this happening so much now? In this video I will be exploring the reasons and giving you tips on avoiding your books being blocked. I hope you enjoy the video. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to leave them in the comments. See you again soon!
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[@montanadivacreations9267]

I have made so many thousands of books over years.. and never had so much issue uploading books to KDP as i did for one recent Coloring book. The recent KW changes has the KDP bots really jumping on any duplicate words, even common repeat words.. Like Coloring Books and Activity Books in the Title and Sub Title.. and then using the word book or books in your back end.. it has become a bit frustrating and I do THINK that they are also trying to get people to literally GIVE UP.. who are here to make money and not here because they LOVE what they are doing. Rebecca in Montana here.

[@MuhammadMusa-iw2kt]

same thing happened to me. i updated keywords of my live book and it got blocked. after that amazon kdp is blocking my each new uploading book just within 1-2 hr of uploading.

[@ShareeTesta]

@@MuhammadMusa-iw2ktI am having this same exact issue. Has been happening on edits to existing titles and new uploads - on EVERY SINGLE BOOK. I just keep emailing them with no support

[@DaRealMyaChavis]

This video is so "on-point" that I can't even express it. I hope it goes viral within the writing community because the blogs are encouraging writers to use AI to write whole entire books, with no editing, nothing and KDP has already fixed its algorithm to check and find these things on impact. It is a great tool for research but is causing complacency within the author's creativity! It imposes these stringent rules on everyone.

[@NasiruSani-uk8hw]

This is true ma,am, i watch some channels that are advising new publishers to copy books from a free site and paraphrase them and upload on Amazon. It was really a big issue

[@TheHomeBoss]

That's awful, I'm so sorry when I see things like that. It's the quickest way to get somebody's account terminated.

[@ADTDesign]

i see that amazon blocked books after changing price

[@lacramioaratiolan4507]

That happend to me. After a month I wanted to change a books price, but I didn't eventually, because in the same time I've change my mind. So I did Not make any edit. After minutes, my book was blocked😢... And the answer was as always.. [.... disappointing customer experience]

[@ADTDesign]

@@lacramioaratiolan4507 i think because new update from amazon. Now if you have book with problem of complaining with new amazon policy after change the price your book will be blocked

[@AroojWritings]

Same happens with me after Price changing my 4 books are blocked please tell me how you fixed this issue ?

[@andreasmith7109]

Or changing keywords!!

[@academeeonline2495]

​@@andreasmith7109 changing price NOT keywords. Then the book get blocked for price changed.

[@CherylCuttineau]

Thank you for always keeping your audience on target!

[@SusiesOnTheScene]

Thanks so much for this video. Hopefully, I won't have to go through this.

[@TheHomeBoss]

You got this! And if it does happen, it's something that can be resolved.

[@bigscreenadz8225]

For fiction and romance which we all need for sure, I recommend Romantic Summer Mystery, by Octavia Blake. Easy read and full of romance mystery and surprises. Great book.

[@kevinbaker1931]

Don't feel bad. My books have been blocked to 5 adult coloring books. I think I know why the title and I put my email address inside. I think that's a no-no But the good thing is your account is not terminated.If you get terminated, it's over.

[@robertharris7825]

Thank you for this important information

[@TheHomeBoss]

My pleasure, I'm glad you found it helpful. Thank you for watching!

[@sherriec5258]

Great info. Thank you. 🌷🌿

[@Mohamed.Ediani]

Thanks Great Content

[@shamiulazam3194]

My books are also getting blocked. They don't clarify anything. They replied with, "After further review, we’ve decided to uphold our previous decision and will not be publishing your title(s) at this time because the content might result in a disappointing customer experience." I talked with them and they failed to identify the problem. But when they forward my issues with review team, they reply with the same thing over and over again.

[@TheHomeBoss]

I'm sorry to hear that, Amazon can be very frustrating to deal with. Have you tried contacting them over chat? I find that is the best way to get a sensible reply. I hope you can get this resolved soon.

[@shamiulazam3194]

@@TheHomeBoss I contacted them over chat, they couldn't find any issues with my books nor the review team. The review team told me that they will not be publishing my title(s) at this time.

[@tummymummy0867]

Same here

[@shamiulazam3194]

@@tummymummy0867 poor customer support & terrible experience.

[@IshqeAakhir]

Facing same issue with many of my books and it seems like the bot are sending the same copy paste emails again and again instead of mentioning or clarifying the issue with the book. I got email for removing spine text from my book cover and when I try to upload updated cover It shows that book is blocked, Then why the f..k send email to edit cover image?? amazon is literally in hands of bots now.

[@MrNoucfeanor]

One of my fantasy romance titles was blocked because of a single slur, a slur in a fake language that has no real-world connection and wasn't all that severe... Guess I should switch to vampire/warewolf smut; those seem to skate by their arbitrary rules all the time. S'whatever. My first mistake was not using a female pen name for my romance work. I hate this industry so friggin much. Regardless. Thanks for the information!

[@Lorna-JWB]

I really do not like AI to write entire books, but if Amazon is saying writing books that are similar in subject matter or have the samet title, that is incorrect. If your book has the same title as another book, this is not a copyright infringement. It might be a trademark infringement for very successful books that have made products named after the title, characters, or items, etc. In the book. It is also not a copyright infringement to right about very similar storylines. Like a love triangle that involves two vampire guys and a human girl like The Vampire Diaries (published in the eighties) and Twilight published in the two thousands) of about a wizarding school for children like The Worst Witch series (published in the eighties) and Harry Potter series (began publishing in the nineties).You must copy a certain amount of actual groups of text/sentences for it to be a copyright infringement.

[@andreasmith7109]

Correct! Titles are not copyrighted! My account was terminated for having a FONT similar to another author's title font!

[@Lorna-JWB]

@@andreasmith7109 That is just an Amazon policy (if that is all they were saying). I was addressing what the youtube said about copyright.

[@puzzled8242]

can we use the interior of one of our blocked book with new title????

[@robertharris7825]

What to do when you want to revise your book that have been published by a publisher that is no longer in operation, but it is still on the shelf. If the book is sold, I do not get any royalties!

[@TheHomeBoss]

That depends on the contract you had with the publisher.

[@blessingumeh2005]

Thank you Homeboss for this amazing eye-opening video. I was really looking to the video of how to create unique titles. I didn't see it in the description either. Can you kindly give me a link to it pls 😊

[@TheHomeBoss]

I'm so happy you found the video helpful, here is the link for the video about titles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXi7o6ewf7mciMUsi=dwD9kMFu9Z7u_Mh3. You can also search for any topic when you go to my channel's home page and just type in what you are looking for in the search box. Thank you so much for watching!

[@MuhammadMusa-iw2kt]

issue started when i tried to update 7 keywords of my 3rd book. after that each of my new book start to be blocked.

[@okeketemple571]

How can I get my book across to you for review so I can publish without mistake

[@ufuomadaniel-nm7ib]

I just changed the price of my old book and it got blocked 💔

[@TheHomeBoss]

Sometimes making changes puts your book into review and they might have found something that they didn't notice the first time. Find out why they blocked it, the reason may not be the price change.

[@academeeonline2495]

Exactly same thing happened to me on Tuesday, i changed my book price, next within 15min book blocked. So, it's the Amazon bot doing this work??

[@chiomanzekwe2590]

Please how do we know trademarked word

[@imaginetales_books]

Theres a US trademark website where you can search up trademark.

[@mirzashahid84]

Thank you so much. I have created many colorings book using free credits of Leonardo AI and KDP blocked everytime.I asked them many times but they didn't explain. Can you guide me little more plz what could be reason?

[@TheHomeBoss]

There could be many reasons and without knowing more about your books I can't advise. Have you checked everything mentioned in the video? If you are still unsure about the reason, try and talk to Amazon on their chat feature. With emails it's difficult to get a real person to advise, but if you choose their chat help, you get to speak to a real person and you get a better service. Using AI is not a reason for a block, so there must be something else wrong. Good luck!

[@korasams]

Yup, I can relate - I had a similar experience... It's because of the free credits. First, your images are public and anybody can download and use them. Second, you don't have Leonardo's permission to use the free credit images for commercial purposes. How they know that they are free credits images? Well, the KDP bots crawl the web and if they come across an image freely available - they block the book.

[@mirzashahid84]

@@TheHomeBoss thank you so much

[@mirzashahid84]

@@korasams Thank you so much

[@nsepeter]

The issue is, even if u follow all this, if an account has a book blocked before, it'll be difficult for another book that has not gone against this to go live on that account

[@TheHomeBoss]

Like I said, I had a book blocked and haven't had any problems since then.

[@himangshudesign6663]

hello

[@mohammedtoufik3373]

i published a planner with the tittle '2025-2026 monthly planner' with out any subtittle and with out 7 back keywords and it was blocked hhh i will not lost my time in this platform any more

[@TheHomeBoss]

That's because that is not a good title for a book. And you have to fill in your 7 keyword slots.

[@mohammedtoufik3373]

@@TheHomeBoss aha, what if i told you that 7 back keyworfs are optional due to thier own terms hhhh 2025 2026 monthy planner is a clear tittle

[@OM_VIBEZ]

Exactly!! But if you don't add it. Your book will still get blocked​@@mohammedtoufik3373

[@ulysseamer2942]

@@mohammedtoufik3373 est ce que tu as eu la formation avec kdparabic1I? Ma niéce veut faire cette formation ainsi que celle des livres de mots croisés

[@pat4005]

@@mohammedtoufik3373The title is way too generic. You only have the years and the words, "monthly planner". Those would be key words, so you could not use them in a title because they are the ONLY WORDS.

[@Ania33agape]

Amazon blocked all book which i editing there

[@supertech4752]

Mam kindly tell me, how many books blocked in kdp lead to account permanently blocked?

[@TheHomeBoss]

I don't think there is a specific number, it depends on the reason for blocking. If somebody is getting a lot of books blocked, then Amazon will think they don't know what they are doing and terminate their account to avoid further problems. My advise to anybody who has had even one book blocked is to stop publishing until they have learned how to publish a book that is within Amazon's guidelines. Don't publish a book if you're not sure what to do. There is a lot of learning to be done before publishing, so many people just take short cuts and publish without studying first.

[@rashdasalman3086]

My ad dashboard is showing $9.8 for this month , while the invoice is showing up $50. Is there anyone else who has been the same thing

[@Fiction-Frenzy]

My book has been block too for reason i still don't understand.

[@TheHomeBoss]

Contact amazon kdp, preferably on the chat feature.

[@michaelimoleme3071]

I chatted them up concerning the blocking of my workbook, but they asked me to direct my reply to the review team, saying that they can't help me. Within the past one week , I have sent my reply to them twice, without any reply. Please, what do I do next?

[@TheHomeBoss]

@@michaelimoleme3071 I would persist in contacting them. Otherwise, another option is to ask in a facebook group and see what people suggest the problem could be. Make sure you have followed all the rules about titles and keywords.

[@bindu6298]

Very informative video. Absolutely LOVED it ❤! I have a question. Could I use AI-generated images in my book?

[@TheHomeBoss]

Yes you can! You just need to declare it in KDP when you upload, but it's absolutely fine. Make sure you edit the images if the AI has produced anything that doesn't look right.

[@DiyHalle]

Hello, What if your book is a cookbook is it okay to include it in your Title

[@TheHomeBoss]

It's ok to include it but there are better ways to do it. And I would put it in the subtitle, not the title.

[@DiyHalle]

Thanks, but lastly, please can you help state an example, I'd appreciate it

[@TheHomeBoss]

@@DiyHalle Examples of titles? I have lots of videos about that.

[@DiyHalle]

I'll check them out, thanks.

[@philipcollier7805]

I guess I ought to forget about my next book, "Better Gratification for Incels."

[@TheHomeBoss]

😂

[@BytesAiLab]

well this is discuraging... 2 manuscripts completely made, one book 51 thousand words the other 130 thousand words. Hand made, hand written, and realizing formatting is 10x harder than writing the book. Maybe I should just sell on my own lol

[@BytesAiLab]

look i know my name and youtube videos about ai, but just look at the avatar I'm using... its a manual animation from adobe character animator, my art and my words manual but shit man this scared me.

[@JamesOdion-vq1jw]

This Amazon them person don't understand tbem again What if tell u i Published a book on travel guide and the title is not generic title, i coined my own title which is trademark free , I didn't use subtitles and keywords and amazon still get the bokks blocked i also avoid the title showing on my description and they still blocked its ...this amazon i never understand them at sll

[@TheHomeBoss]

Contact Amazon and find out why. I'm sure there is a reason. Did you write the travel guide from your own experience or was it AI generated?

[@JamesOdion-vq1jw]

@@TheHomeBoss with Ai partially and was formated very well So is it's they don't want AI books again What If on the AI when placing manuscript instead of tea what if u choose * YES* what will happen

[@Okeflora.6480]

Does KDP notify you when your book is blocked?

[@TheHomeBoss]

Yes.

[@CharlyJay]

Yeah! An email notification will be sent

[@OM_VIBEZ]

We're all Getting the same email repeatedly 😅

[@Okeflora.6480]

Is that the email they send you when your book is in review before they publish it?

[@OM_VIBEZ]

@@Okeflora.6480 the email you'll get when your book get blocked, "thank for submitting ".................." Based on our review, we won’t be accepting your submission for publication because the book(s) might result in a disappointing customer experience." This is what we've been getting

[@thealphawavepodcast3669]

This video was uploaded 6 days ago. As of today, Ai is now more qualified to write books than humans. What now?

[@TheHomeBoss]

I completely disagree with you, but that's fine. I'm only advising people on what not to do because I know it will affect their KDP account. People are free to make their own choice.

[@thealphawavepodcast3669]

Some of the examples you are using sound like things only manicas would do.

[@TheHomeBoss]

Yes. I agree.

[@Okeflora.6480]

Does KDP notify you when your book is blocked?

[@learnfrisian]

Yes, Amazons warns you beforehand.

[@Okeflora.6480]

@@learnfrisian thanks!

[@Fiction-Frenzy]

How do you get to be notify from Amazon? Do you get a mail or? Thank you​@@learnfrisian

[@learnfrisian]

@@Fiction-Frenzy Yes, you'll get a mail that says 'warning' and tells you what you did wrong. It only doesn't really tell you how to fix it. They give you 5 days to fix the book.

[@ShareeTesta]

@@learnfrisianThis is not correct. They can and will block your book without warning.