So My Amazon KDP Account Got Banned

13 years ago

Well, it makes sense that they would review published material. They certainly don't want it to turn into a database of junk. =\ If it's been that long and you're polite and promise to never do it again... maybe they'll reopen your account.

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ryanman

13 years ago

There have been a few posts on this already, I guess they have spoken loud and clear regarding what they think of PLR products.

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Resale Rights Ninja

13 years ago

Why would you submit PLR when they don't allow it?

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Cash37

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Resale Rights Ninja

Why would you submit PLR when they don't allow it?

This was a LONG time ago... I'm talking soon as the program started.

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azurews

13 years ago

I just got the same email.

I too had uploaded a bunch of PLR books years, and years, and years ago and half forgot they were even there. I checked my emails and can't find any warnings from them so I assume the warnings were posted on my account...that I haven't logged into in ages.

I emailed them and explained the situation and asked what steps I need to take to reinstate my account, so I will keep you updated.

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ddpromo1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by azurews

I just got the same email.

I too had uploaded a bunch of PLR books years, and years, and years ago and half forgot they were even there. I checked my emails and can't find any warnings from them so I assume the warnings were posted on my account...that I haven't logged into in ages.

I emailed them and explained the situation and asked what steps I need to take to reinstate my account, so I will keep you updated.

Yeah, I just received a "block" also, and have been emailing back and forth, with the same replies. I had one e-book, that was too "common" available on the web. I told them it been years and several hard-drive later to find "original" e-book. Anyway, I told them I spent hundreds of dollars with Amazon over the years, and have other accounts with them. I'll end up calling them, but, who knows.

Note: It's interesting to find that they claim to have sent me a warning, a few days after I made a sale, from another e-book. This must generate an alert report, each time a sale is made to verify account. Not-sure.

It's good to see I'm not the only one, in the same boat.

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Cofresi

13 years ago

This just happened to me today. If anyone has sent them a letter and gotten a good result. I would appreciate a copy of it by pm.

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tpw

13 years ago

Just take the PLR books off of the site, and then let them know that you will not post any more PLR books on their site.

A phone call helps.

Some people have been able to get reinstated.

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Myri

13 years ago

Amazon decided to get read of PLR books in the fall of 2011 - if I remember well Oct?.
If you had no activity after that, just tell them the truth, you didn't know about the new rules (your TOS before it were different), take off the PLRs, promiss to have only books with original content and you have great chances your account will be up. Beware that spinning software will not solve the problem of not having original content, better hire some writers for low fees - there are many outsourcing places.

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J Bold

13 years ago

I'm glad Kindle is doing this. It's quite awesome, in fact.

I don't feel good that you got your account banned, don't get me wrong.

But I think it's awesome that they are making sure people only publish original books on Kindle.

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Cash37

13 years ago

Dear Publisher,

Due to repeated Content Guideline violations relating to your accounts, we are removing all of the books you have uploaded through this KDP account from the Kindle Store and we will not be reinstating your account. Subject to the KDP Terms and Conditions, you will receive any unpaid royalties you have earned.

Best regards,

[name removed]
Amazon.com
Your feedback is helping us build Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company.
http://www.amazon.com/your-account

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J Bold

13 years ago

Man, looks like a form letter. I do feel for you, if they are taking off books that had nothing to do with PLR.

But since it's a form letter, maybe a phone call would help? I don't know, man, but yeah, I know I said I think it's "awesome" that they have clamped down on PLR and don't retract that, but since you are ready to create solely original content they should know that!

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Randall Magwood

13 years ago

I doubt that they'll reinstate your account. Amazon loves stomping on the little guy.

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DianaHeuser

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

I doubt that they'll reinstate your account. Amazon loves stomping on the little guy.

Randall,

How can you make such a blanket statement? Amazon has terms of use. If you don't abide by them, you get bounced. Little guy or big guy. The rules apply.

Why is it that everyone is so quick to blame the company e.g. Amazon, Google, Paypal etc. when they break the rules and then come crying because they got caught out.

Simple solution. Stop breaking the rules and you won't have any problems.

Di

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13 years ago

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AmandaT

13 years ago

Originally Posted by joseph7384

You are correct, they have rules that have to be enforced. This has been known months ago that PLR was being uploaded to Kindle like it was the wild west, they all should have removed their questionable books at that time.

Well, they have a lot of books. It takes a long time to go through that many books, especially when being careful not to remove books that aren't PLR.

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HeySal

13 years ago

Originally Posted by DianaHeuser

Randall,

How can you make such a blanket statement? Amazon has terms of use. If you don't abide by them, you get bounced. Little guy or big guy. The rules apply.

Why is it that everyone is so quick to blame the company e.g. Amazon, Google, Paypal etc. when they break the rules and then come crying because they got caught out.

Simple solution. Stop breaking the rules and you won't have any problems.

Di

There you go making sense again. Stop it. :rolleyes:

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ahro

13 years ago

Please help. I got a notice from KDP telling me i had to reply in 5 days to their e-mail. They want to know about 2 of my 5 books. I am the sole copyright holder. One is a short story that appeared in a relatively obscure literary mag before it was published on Amazon. The other was a humor collection that i did put on KDP select and. seriously, I forgot to unpublish it on Smashwords.

I'm very concerned about their e-mail and responded with the facts above. Amazon sent a reply saying it would take longer than usual to respond.

I see folks here talking about calling Amazon. How do I do that? Is there a telephone number for Amazon KDP? Please let me know the number. TIA

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Michael Mayhew

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ahro

Please help. I got a notice from KDP telling me i had to reply in 5 days to their e-mail. They want to know about 2 of my 5 books. I am the sole copyright holder. One is a short story that appeared in a relatively obscure literary mag before it was published on Amazon. The other was a humor collection that i did put on KDP select and. seriously, I forgot to unpublish it on Smashwords.

I'm very concerned about their e-mail and responded with the facts above. Amazon sent a reply saying it would take longer than usual to respond.

I see folks here talking about calling Amazon. How do I do that? Is there a telephone number for Amazon KDP? Please let me know the number. TIA

The support area.
https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/

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ahro 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Mayhew

The support area.

I went to the support area. I don't see a phone number for KDP. It's about event planning and sales. Does anyone have an actual telephone number. I'm really distraught over this. These books are my own work, and as far as I can tell I'm getting computer generated e-mail from Amazon. I need some help here. Anyone?
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  https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/contact-us
  
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maggie2

12 years ago

Originally Posted by ahro

Please help. I got a notice from KDP telling me i had to reply in 5 days to their e-mail. They want to know about 2 of my 5 books. I am the sole copyright holder. One is a short story that appeared in a relatively obscure literary mag before it was published on Amazon. The other was a humor collection that i did put on KDP select and. seriously, I forgot to unpublish it on Smashwords.

I'm very concerned about their e-mail and responded with the facts above. Amazon sent a reply saying it would take longer than usual to respond.

I see folks here talking about calling Amazon. How do I do that? Is there a telephone number for Amazon KDP? Please let me know the number. TIA

Hi,

I got one of those emails about a month ago. Two of my six books were being questioned. I searched the Internet and found a torrent site that had my two books available. I wrote the torrent site and asked them to remove the books. I sent a copy of that email to Amazon along with some other information on my books. I heard back from them in about two days saying things were fine.

If you have a book up on Smashwords I would immediately remove it. Then I'd send Amazon an email and say it has been removed. I'd do a search for where else your other book might be on the net and if you find anywhere that is offering it I'd demand that the site take it down. Then I'd send a copy of that email too. If you don't find any other places I'd tell Amazon you searched and didn't fine anything else.

You will have to go to the KDP select area and use the contact form that is there.

Hope this helps!

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kindsvater 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

I doubt that they'll reinstate your account. Amazon loves stomping on the little guy.

Hardly the case. There were numerous violations. It's not like they terminated the account for a one-time mistake. There are a number of bad companies: Google, Plimus, PayPal,, etc., who will do that.

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wolfmmiii 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

I doubt that they'll reinstate your account. Amazon loves stomping on the little guy.

I'm a "little guy" and they have been paying me month after month for years now.
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MM80

13 years ago

Hey man Amazon is strict in their rules! I got Amazon accounts banned in the past and complaint about it but they didn't even bother to reply!

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DeanSoto

13 years ago

Amazon is pretty fair unlike the other "big guys". Definitely give them a call.

I agree with Myri that if you can show that it's been a while since you had put these PLR books online, you can probably get your account back with a little persistence. However, be nice and respectful when speaking with them. If they say they can't help, politely ask for an escalation to their management, etc. The fact that they even offer a number to call is pretty cool.

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JDIZM

13 years ago

It's sad to hear when someone loses out but also on the other end of the spectrum atleast Amazon is cleaning up their act

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Martik

Banned 12 years ago

well important thing is you didnt loose money, once i had an account on ebay banned because of ONE single disgruntled customer, this lost me over 20k in business. Yes 20k. So worse things can happen.

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wolfmmiii

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Martik

well important thing is you didnt loose money, once i had an account on ebay banned because of ONE single disgruntled customer, this lost me over 20k in business. Yes 20k. So worse things can happen.

No way this is true. Sorry.

Unless that one complaint uncovered something you were doing that violated TOS.

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Cash37 12 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

No way this is true. Sorry.

Unless that one complaint uncovered something you were doing that violated TOS.

How are you so sure :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Ebay's customer service is notorious for stiffing sellers. Just last month I had a guy refund scam me using buyer protection, get an item for free and leave negative feedback saying he did it.. ebay's done nothing after repeated calls and emails:rolleyes::rolleyes:.

Dont get me started on ebay.
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ddpromo1

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Martik

well important thing is you didnt loose money, once i had an account on ebay banned because of ONE single disgruntled customer, this lost me over 20k in business. Yes 20k. So worse things can happen.

Wow! I lost over $25k in other business ventures, but not ebay.

Here are the "Termination Terms": 3 Term and Termination

The term of this Agreement will begin upon your acceptance of it and will continue until it is terminated by us or by you. We are entitled to terminate this Agreement and your access to your Program account at any time. We will notify you within 5 business days after termination. You are entitled to terminate at any time by providing us notice of termination, in which event we will cease selling your Digital Books within 5 business days from the date you provide us notice of termination.

"We may also suspend your Program account at any time with or without notice to you, for any reason in our discretion."

Following termination or suspension, we may fulfill any customer orders for your Digital Books pending as of the date of termination or suspension, and we may continue to maintain digital copies of your Digital Books in order to provide continuing access to or re-downloads of your Digital Books or otherwise support customers who have purchased a Digital Book prior to termination or suspension. The following provisions of this Agreement will survive termination of this Agreement: Sections 1, 3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and any other provisions that, by their nature, are intended to survive. All rights to Digital Books acquired by customers will survive termination.

Just remember this; there are other "kingdoms" online, besides Amazon and I'll open another account down the road. No big thing.

Peace.

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Randall Magwood

12 years ago

Doesn't surprise me. Swing over to Smashwords by Sony to pick right up where you left off at.

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wolfmmiii 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Doesn't surprise me. Swing over to Smashwords by Sony to pick right up where you left off at.

It shouldn't surprise you. Break TOS, get banned. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
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seobro

12 years ago

KDP is almost as bad as sad sense. They love to hit that BAN button for no reason. I almost wish I had never ever heard of spamazon or spam zone. That is what most KDP books are anyway. Yeah, and they sell for 99 cents even. Oh my, this is one crazy company.

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CrisisCore08

12 years ago

Never EVER lie on the web. yes it is easier to lie here and it is easy to click the "I agree" box but you should take a short look and see what you can or can't do because maybe someday your main income will come from Amazon and then they might ban you with no warning and you will lose everything.

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Deepak Media

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Cash37

Yes I was uploading PLR ebooks. I will be emailing them to see if I can be reinstated. I haven't even used that account in months, and my books were not selling so it is weird that they would ban me.

Good for us publishers who are publishing unique and original content. My books are pending review for more than 2 weeks and it is so because the staff is busy deleting/banning accounts of people like you.

Thanks for the update.

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