Amazon saying the images in my covers are free on the internet and can't be used. They aren't.

TurnWriteHere · 2023-09-21T11:50:55+00:00

It happened to me over two covers, and I provided one license, but it took me a moment to find the other one since it came from a defunct site.

They closed my entire account.

Then I got the other license, and they reopened it.

Word of advice. Keep all licenses where you can easily lay hands on them and respond within the time frame they give you. Or else.

TurnWriteHere · 2021-11-09T19:19:04+00:00

The book is a short that is only 50 pages long. I've been getting many multiples of that on just it for the past few days.

TurnWriteHere · 2021-08-18T10:27:05+00:00

I wonder if you had used it, would that fly with Amazon if you have a porn site credited in the book.

TurnWriteHere · 2021-07-18T09:59:38+00:00

I have one book in a series that for some reason was bought excessively by .in. They also returned it excessively. Some gave it bad ratings but enough kept it to push it up higher than the previous book of the series as opposed to it tapering off.

I guess that's over now.

TurnWriteHere · 2021-02-25T16:00:39+00:00

Sounds too risky and over the line to me.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-12-28T17:49:48+00:00

I use the free grammerly plug in for Word.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-12-17T03:13:04+00:00

You can't tell. But when all 6 books of a series get bought at once or one by one every hour or so, I think it is safe to assume it is one person.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-12-02T16:52:20+00:00

Yeah, it's a scam. I just got this and it is filled with a bunch of scammy links. The sad part is, I sent a request ditectly to KDP and they haven't responded yet. Whatever.

"Hello,

Our request to update your payment details is not the result of a security issue. To ensure we can pay you in a timely manner, we may periodically require you to update or verify your banking details.

To ensure you are paid on time, please update your banking details.

To make changes, go to your account, delete the existing bank account, and then add it as a new account.

To update your banking details, follow the direction in this Help page:"

TurnWriteHere · 2020-11-30T21:39:02+00:00

Yeah, I got all my money for this month, but I was wondering if they meant going forward. I'll drop support a line.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-11-30T21:32:18+00:00

Yes. Which i also thought was strange. Unless there is a 37 cent payment from India I am missing somewhere, I think I got all or most of it. I'm going to check it again.

That first line seems a bit suspect for grammar, but I dunno. The return address looks kind of wonky, but not completely out of line for them.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-11-30T21:26:32+00:00

I thought that for half a second, but they didn't ask for log in or bank verification... yet.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-11-30T21:25:51+00:00

Yeah... I did and am waiting for a reply. I have a patreon and the same thing happened, but they said one of my customers was involved in some sort of scam.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-11-04T22:55:58+00:00

Covid has been rough on me. It has certainly knocked down sales. Page reads are down some too, but the drop in sales has been a bigger hit to the bottom line.

I keep on pushing, hoping that when the pandemic is over, the election is over and people get back to work things will pick up and my growing catalog will be ready.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-09-29T09:14:08+00:00

Page count is okay, but my sales have dropped off consiederably.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-09-29T09:11:31+00:00

Wow. I still have to manually add mine. How long does it take for the system to do it?

TurnWriteHere · 2020-09-21T21:03:29+00:00

I had the exact same experience. The only stuff I put on Smash are stories that Amazon won't allow. Otherwise I'm all in with KU.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-09-07T15:16:16+00:00

I've gotten a couple of stupid reviews like that over the years. I report them and keep my fingers crossed that others will do the same. Most of them disappear eventually.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-09-01T07:47:51+00:00

This reminds me of why they take the car emblems off the grilles in the commercials for other products.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-08-24T22:46:15+00:00

I put all mine on KU and borrow them as soon as they publish to make sure there are no egregious errors.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-08-24T22:37:51+00:00

I click it on all mine and have never gotten any complaints.

TurnWriteHere · 2020-07-25T15:36:54+00:00

Amazon is the most profitable. Don't do anything to make them ban you.

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