Doesn't it say "in the description"? Which means in the actual blurb? The way I see it, they apparently mean keyword stuffing or including external links in the text of your blurb ("book description"). Does it include anything of the sort?

 

It said description yes. But in my experience, when channel reviewers also mention things like keywords or search terms, they may be referring to other parts of the metadata outside of the actual blurb also. Almost as if a bot gave a generic reply. But I think you are right, in this instance it was more than likely in the description itself.

I ended up removing a section as a test to see how they would react. The section was actually descriptive to the book, but I would not have considered it keyword stuffing. There was also not url's in my blurb. It could also possibly be bullet characters that triggered this.

The book ended up being accepted and published after the change. Strange that D2D would be more fussy than Ingram. I thought it would be the other way around.

 

You may not consider it keyword stuffing, but D2D doesn't allow keywords and such things in the actual description you provide. I know it's a thing on Google, but other sites don't like it. Even Amazon doesn't like it, mainly because descriptions aren't searchable, so it's not helpful and looks awful. I believe I've read the D2D customers don't allow such things, so they don't want it done to begin with.

I can't remember at the moment Smashword's rules, but since they're part of D2D now, and soon to become their store fully, I doubt it will be accepted there, either.

 

Any word used to describe the book, could be considered a keyword. I can understand the problem of keyword stuffing in book titles though.

The book was accepted and I am still uncertain which parts they did not like.