Here's the ugly side of publishing with KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing): sometimes, for no reason at all and with no warning, they just close accounts that have been in good standing for FOURTEEN YEARS.

If you're a self-published author, give Selena a follow and a RT. She's having a rough go of it, and she's doing her best to communicate clearly with KDP, do the diplomatic 'surely this is a mistake' etc.

Bots. Run. Wild.

Writing organizations need to be aware of this, too!

It's (not really) funny, but a few months ago, Selena and I had a conversation about writers who are always prepared at any minute that their KDP accounts could be closed. We all know authors who've received various content warnings, often erroneously.

But we both play well within the rules, and agreed we didn't go to sleep worried about this sort of thing.

And here, out of the blue, she gets her account terminated.

It's definitely making me re-think my plan to release my next book in Kindle Unlimited, let me tell you!

Things that Amazon has recently sent content violations out for (not to me or Selena, but to authors in general):
* using stock photos on their covers! (yes, this is fine, and not actually a content violation)
* having your books pirated! (like this is within our control???)

@BeverleyKendall The latter was for KU books, yes, but the stock photos on covers has been an issue for wide books, too.

@BeverleyKendall It's bonkers! Sometimes they accept your license agreement from the stock photo site, sometimes they don't and you need to, on the fly, get a new cover uploaded.

@BeverleyKendall Zoe York No sense whatsoever.