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I am incredibly disappointed with Amazon KDP and their unethical treatment of authors. After dedicating countless hours and money to researching, writing, and publishing my books, Amazon suddenly terminated my account without warning or a valid explanation, leaving me without access to my earned royalties. Despite multiple attempts to contact customer support, I received generic, automated responses that provided no resolution or a clear reason for their actions. Amazon keeps the royalties from hard-working authors, offering no appeal process or transparency in their decisions. And, of course, right after the Christmas holiday seems highly convenient. KDP’s treatment of independent authors is nothing short of exploitative and unfair. They profit off our work, then shut down accounts without cause, keeping the money we've rightfully earned. If you’re an author considering publishing with Amazon, think twice—you could wake up one day and find your account gone, your income stolen, and no recourse available. Amazon KDP is not a reliable platform for serious authors. I strongly advise looking into ethical alternatives that respect and compensate authors fairly for their work.

I recently discovered that KDP have withheld my royalties for several months. I received no notification from them about this. I phoned them and was advised that I need to complete verification compliance for my bank. I uploaded my bank statement but just received the same message again. I then tried phoning but just get told to submit the information again which doesn't make any sense. I uploaded proof of my tax assessment. Nothing. I email but don't get a response from the email address that has requested the verification. I asked my bank if they can provide the proof and read the request to them and they told me it was a scam. I unpublished all my book titles. Not happy about submitting my personal data through a portal and getting nothing back. I'm concerned sections of Amazon's website/call centre have been hijacked and this is in fact fraud.

It was straight forward until I had to provide tax number I thought I needed a tin number but that's for us citizens then I left it for a month .I came back and saw I that UK residents use a UTR number I found a ten digit number on one of my forms and kdp accepted it so i managed to get the book accepted I stuck another one on and it was going great ,faster than I thought it would be no obstacles until one big pain in the ass it asked me if I want to use my own image for the cover then it said it was too big ,I used umpteen aps some more than once It kept saying pixels are wrong size , but it had accepted the image before and now it was rejecting it .it wasn't until i went for kdp's own images that I saw another option to add my own picture ,that must have been the one I used before which I had forgot about as why would there be two things that do the the same thing , it worked again unlike it's decoy counterpart which never works ,I also had problems with this last year with my first book. The reason I had to reupload the image is because I pressed archive and it wiped my book completely so I had to upload the book again also

AMAZON KDP beware of their deceptive practices. I had an account for two years, spent quite alot of money and time on their ads and never came out ahead. I do not know why i wasted my time. I worked hard publishing over 50 books. My account was terminated over one book and i could not get a straight answer as to why. Amazon kept my royalties, refused to respond to my inquires and continued to try to charge my card for ads after my account was terminated. I think they need to be investigated for fraud. I would never do business with them again in any form. Jeannette Azar

I paid 149 at the beginning and decided it’s better to not go through with this company. I called for a refund and everything seemed okay and I was told I’d get a call back about going through with the refund. I got no call back so I tried calling all the numbers I was given for them and all of them have been disconnected. I’m currently trying to get my money back from the bank through disputing the transaction.

English is not their first language, so don't expect much more than a scam. Would you give your business to a publisher who's English language is so poor they can't even get a simple sentence right - Read their page intro image! = "Publish Your Book With Us In Just $199". I think they are sitting in a call center in Delhi India somewhere, LMAO......

Une catastrophe ! Les étapes pour s'inscrire sont nombreuses et si complexes que parvenir au bout de ce parcours du combattant est un exploit ! Mais ce n'est rien quand on veut publier un livre... Les formats sont nombreux mais il n'y a même pas le classique A5. Quant à réussir à quitter ce bazar... J'ai demandé, je vais bien voir comment ça se passe. À fuir de toute urgence !

My experience with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) was a nightmare. I published three books through their platform. On December 2, they terminated my account, overpriced my books, and continued selling them worldwide without my consent. In four months, I received only £6.45 in royalties. My books are still available for sale, but only for their profit. I attempted to recover my books by submitting takedown requests to Amazon's copyright service and contacting their managers, but unfortunately, nothing changed. If you're considering starting a writing career, consider finding an alternative and avoiding Amazon Kindle in all its forms.