Amazon Doesn’t Play Well With Others

But here’s what you can do to help yourself

I recently read this article by Mark Ian Norsbook c. June 2024 (I’m late to Mark’s page):

Alert from Amazon KDP! 😱(If you have published many books, you should read this!)

In the article, Mark relates an experience he had with Amazon and their suspending his account. In the initial email he received from Amazon, it begins:

We have temporarily suspended your KPD account because you have, once again, submitted title(s) with book details that do not comply with our guidelines and may cause a misleading customer experience…

The email goes onto suggest he contact Amazon customer support to sort out his ‘violations,’ which they actually never outlined. He then received this notice:

borrowed from Mark’s article

Mark’s incident hit home with me, as summer before last, Amazon completely closed my business account (I run a small press which until that surprising moment had been in excellent standing…