"We are reaching out to you because we have detected that borrows for your books are
originating from systematically generated accounts. While we support the legitimate
efforts of our publishers to promote their books, attempting to manipulate the Kindle
platform and/or Kindle programs is not permitted. As a result of the irregular borrow
activity, we have removed your books from the KDP store and are terminating your KDP
account and your KDP Agreement effective immediately.
As part of the termination process, we will close your KDP account(s) and remove the
books you have uploaded through KDP from the Kindle Store. We will issue a negative
adjustment to any outstanding royalty payments. Additionally, as per our Terms and
Conditions, you are not permitted to open new KDP accounts and will not receive future
royalty payments from additional accounts created."
No, I did not hack into Amazon's algorithms to boost my borrows, nor did I pay anyone else to do so. So if someone hates you and wants to see you fail, and know how to do this... they can sabotage you and take away your KDP account.
I have been in contact with them for over a week now, and am currently just in suspension while they look into this. Needless to say that if I get my account back, I will be pulling all my books from KU.
Adding in:
There was a sudden spike in borrows on one of my books which caused this fiasco - it was a book that I had no promos for at all, although I had done promos on other books this month, the book that had the borrows was not one I'd run a promo on. Bknights is a reputable site and I have nothing but positive things to say about them. In fact, they are helping me with contacting KDP to what they can do to help this situation.
originating from systematically generated accounts. While we support the legitimate
efforts of our publishers to promote their books, attempting to manipulate the Kindle
platform and/or Kindle programs is not permitted. As a result of the irregular borrow
activity, we have removed your books from the KDP store and are terminating your KDP
account and your KDP Agreement effective immediately.
As part of the termination process, we will close your KDP account(s) and remove the
books you have uploaded through KDP from the Kindle Store. We will issue a negative
adjustment to any outstanding royalty payments. Additionally, as per our Terms and
Conditions, you are not permitted to open new KDP accounts and will not receive future
royalty payments from additional accounts created."
No, I did not hack into Amazon's algorithms to boost my borrows, nor did I pay anyone else to do so. So if someone hates you and wants to see you fail, and know how to do this... they can sabotage you and take away your KDP account.
I have been in contact with them for over a week now, and am currently just in suspension while they look into this. Needless to say that if I get my account back, I will be pulling all my books from KU.
Adding in:
There was a sudden spike in borrows on one of my books which caused this fiasco - it was a book that I had no promos for at all, although I had done promos on other books this month, the book that had the borrows was not one I'd run a promo on. Bknights is a reputable site and I have nothing but positive things to say about them. In fact, they are helping me with contacting KDP to what they can do to help this situation.
) Hopefully we can bring some pressure to bear ... if Amazon is sensitive to bad PR. Always an open question, that. They're bent on their mission, that's for sure.
