I was just watching one of Julie's video's where she references her "Self-Promote & Succeed" book. She was talking about the title and subtitle and how they have to match, exactly. I noticed that on Julie's book cover, the words 'No Boring Books' in the subtitle is in single quotation marks but those same words on the Amazon sales page don't include the single quotation marks. If the title and subtitle have to be exactly the same why weren't the single quotation marks included on the Amazon sales page? Is there a reason why they were left out of the subtitle on the sales page? Asking because I have a book that has quotation marks in the subtitle. They are on the book cover and I included the quotation marks in the subtitle on the Amazon sales page. Should I have not included them on the Amazon sales page? @Julie Broad

Quick question....is it a good idea to do bundles (2 or more manuscripts in 1 book)? Or is it best just to put books that complement each other into a series? OR is it best to do both? Asking because I had phoned KDP to ask why I couldn't find any information in their help pages about bundles re: what the covers and titles should look like etc., and they said there is no information because they don't support bundles, they only support a series. One negative experience I've had with bundles is that amazon bots can mistake a bundle for duplicate content and send an email asking you to verify your publishing rights. Anyway, just wanted to get some thoughts on bundles. - Thanks

Hey all - got a interesting email from the Metro Philadelphia Book Club about featuring my book for their next book period. Can't find much on it and wondering if any of you have dealt with or know about them. Sounds interesting, but fishy. AND...the note was sent to an email of mine NOT connected with the book. ISO any thoughts!

Eeee! My Amazon listing is LIVE! And actual orders are coming IN! 🥳 Got my Author Central profile setup, my A+ Content in there, and the link just went out to my ARC launch team so they can buy and start sharing their reviews during this "pre-launch" window! SO exciting! Check. It. OUT! 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVBNBR9V/ 🎁 Buy your copy during the 99c prelaunch window! Leave a glowing review if you like! 😇 Love ya!!

Hello guys, I recently got my book submissions BLOCKED because of: "the book(s) might result in a disappointing customer experience" . I tried twice to change the title, description and some elements in the manuscript then submit again but it just keeps getting blocked. A day before I tired to submit another book on paperback and hardcore format (kindle being live already), both got blocked. I really don't see what exactly triggers Amazon bots... I think trying to resubmit too quickly (less than 24h after) got the new submission auto-blocked.. I asked by replying to the email twice but all I get is template responses « after review we maintain our decision.. » they just won’t tell what's wrong. I did a lot of research to try understand what's going on, and here are my findings: - Trying to resubmit too quickly (less than 24h after) got the new submission auto-blocked. Better wait a few days. - It's safer to create a new listing to re-submit a book (on a new ISBN), than trying to unblock. This is because trying to unblock will require escalation and human check. A new listing will go through the automated content review again. - Like Elissa said on KDP Crackdown 2025 live stream, it's a different content review team for Print (paperback and hardcover) and for Kindle. My Plan moving forward: - Wait 5+ days before resubmitting a book to review. - Create a new listing when submitting (not trying to unblock a blocked submission) - Update the title, description and cover by removing/change anything that could trigger the algo: no crazy claim, no triggering words. - Update the manuscript: no trigger words, clean formatting, bonus page at the end. - Update the meta datas: clean 7 keywords, new categories. I'd like to ask the community if anyone got into this same issue with new submissions? Would love to share experiences so we can learn from each other and be well prepared when facing those issues!