KDP Wants to Know if You Use AI - Why?

AI content creation tools are being used more and more to create books on Amazon KDP. It is being used to create text, images and perform translations on written work. Recently KDP started asking publishers to indicate whether they had used AI generated content in their books, how much content had been created and how much editing had taken place. This has created a lot of concern, particularly with publishers worried about getting their KDP accounts terminated or banned. So, in this video we look at this in more detail, why Amazon may be collecting this information and potential options going forward.

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00:00 Introduction
00:35 KDP AI Generated Content
01:15 What is AI Content
01:46 AI Assisted Content
02:26 AI Text Generation
03:02 AI Images
04:22 AI Translations
10:00 Uncertainty
10:18 Risk Tolerance

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About this video - In this video we look at the new request Amazon KDP is making for content generated with AI and how this could affect KDP accounts going forward.

[charlesapennison]

I have seen a lawyer talk about this on YouTube and it's his opinion that Amazon wants to provide transparency to their customers. In other words, Amazon wants to be completely honest with their customers as to whether they are buying original content or AI generated content. He also advises to be completely honest in our declaration.

[annabellak.]

Labelling books would make sense. For the most part, it's quality that counts, AI or no AI, but I'm sure there are customers who'd rather want to support human creators. Because an artist would spend months drawing the colouring book or children's book pages, with AI it's almost only a click of a button. This is just an example but that's a huge difference.

[RedRojo]

Just saw an update kind of related to this "Amazon launches generative AI to help sellers write product descriptions" so it seems like they are on the AI train as well. I guess only time will tell which direction or approach they take. They could eventually make an AI model that will just produce their own products based on user searches and cut us out all together.

[fauziahnorizan]

As always, your videos are always very helpful and sincere, Paul. I started publishing on KDP because of you. Yes, that famous dinosaur coloring book of yours 😄. Within 10 days after playing your dinosaur video over and over again, making notes, checking the transcript and using your interior and cover guides, I managed to publish my 1st coloring book within 10 days...
No, it's not a from rags to riches, or from zero to hero story but it was a major achievement for me. I now have 2 coloring books and 6 journals out there on KDP....all thanks to you.
I believe in honesty and integrity in all that we do. And as far as 'borrowing' or taking from AI, we should come clean about our content.
Yes, I will declare on KDP how much of my content is from AI....
And thank you also for your advice to not put all our eggs in one basket, to weigh all the risks that we take, and to move forward accordingly.
Thank you, Paul...there aren't very many people like you out on Youtube...I have deep respect for you, Dr. Marles...T.H.A.N.K. Y.O.U. 🙂

[selfpublishingempire]

I think it's probably an Amazon data gathering exercise and they're trying to crack down on poor quality content books. I've published 2 AI coloring books since this update and they're listed and selling as normal.

[basedinbox]

Honestly, no one knows for sure why Amazon wants to know if you're publishing with the help of AI or not. One thing is for sure though, Amazon wants to monitor those books. I'm pretty sure that Amazon will not ban AI-created books as long as they comply with the rules (quality, copyright, etc.). Let's face the present: AI is here to say and get better! Publishing a "human-created" book doesn't mean it's better than an AI-generated book. It's like saying that machine washing your clothes is worse than hand washing them. Nonsense!
All the best!

[jasmyneemmerick]

Thank you for this video. I suspect it's like you said, 1) Amazon may be using it initially to gather data and 2) subsequently scrutinize those books more closely (could mean those books may experience some delay in publishing). Also I wonder if some people using AI are properly checking if those images are elsewhere, or even if the AI is a good quality (example: cat has five paws instead of four).

[apriltheInvincible]

That was a clear, calming and logical video! Thank you so much!

[ghjusticemenus]

I am so glad I found your page Paul. You're a good man, very informative and you have helped me a lot. Thank you!

[billy]

The most honest video I have ever seen.A BIG BRAVO!

[goalchasers_]

Thank you Paul Marles, I like the way you honestly analyse things. God bless you.😊

[EdifyFM]

Yes because people who have 264 thousand followers promoted using AI content and I find it hard to believe that they didn’t have the foresight to see this would happen. It was surprising it took them that long to crack down. The next step of Amazon will be to charge up-loaders £2 to £5 per upload.

[SabrinaLahmar-ru]

Just wanted to let you know that I find your content super helpful and well-explained. Thanks a lot and greetings from Germany!

[AlanBlackmore]

AI is here to stay, so I'm with you in terms of them collecting data and not rejecting AI content. They do seem ultra touchy about content sources though. I got a suspension for using a Canva background on a book cover, even though I have Canva Pro and the image was for commercial use. My biggest problem is the uploads seem to be capped at 3 low content books all of a sudden. I was happily loading 20-30 in a session up until a few days ago. Anyone else seeing the same?

[denisesanders]

FYI I just submitted a coloring book, I checked :
Yes I used AI; Many AI generated images with minimal editing

I had 1 error they had me fix with bleed, after I fixed it, it is live.

So, my first coloring book I created that I had to answer those questions about, I answered very truthfully how I created it, and it is live now. No issues.

[FunFactFreaks]

Thinking it through: - Once they have this information one area that concerns me the most is that they change their algorithm to have AI generated content lower in the search results. Now that would be a kick in the teeth.

[expresschecks]

Great information in your video Paul - Thanks - yes diversify income...good point. Thought provoking on why KDP asking about AI... put 4 books on KDP a few months ago... 2 were public domain.. 2 written by AI... the 2 AI Books KDP shut down FAST... they said: "Info is publicly available on the internet"...didn't accuse me of using AI...but to coincidental so never again for me using AI for books... Cheers!, ,

[JimNichols]

Just to add to the confusion, if you create say a travel guide (which I have) and you do a Google or Bing search for information about say festivals then you have used AI as both Google and Bing use AI to increase the likelihood of your interrogative being answered correctly. There is nothing available on the interwebz today that is not AI assisted in some manner.
As usual your vids are to the point, well edited both in videography and in script and you are knowledgeable in the topic of the video. Thanks Paul.

[BigDaddyJinx]

You can transfer or sell a trademark in perpetuity but the same can't be said for copyright. Copyright (after 1978) still has a threshold of Author's Life + 70 Years. Prior to 1978, the maximum duration is 95 years which is the first 28 years then you'd have to renew and get an additional 67 years, but again not to eclipse 95 years total (auto renewal started in 1992). If you failed to renew it is then public domain. If 95 years have passed it's public domain. If the author has been dead for 70 years plus a day then it's public domain. You can't keep/transfer copyright in perpetuity. A trademark can provided it is renewed accordingly and on schedule.

Artists that have been dead for well over 100 years no longer have copyright protection on their works. This would include artists, sculptors, musicians, etc. Any work that can be rendered in a tangible medium.

[chariotsx]

But if you download images from sites like ‘Creative Fabrica’, you might not be aware if the person who posted them used AI to generate those images or not. Maybe you didn’t generate the AI images yourself, but the person who posted them might have used AI to generate them. I wonder if this would be a “yes” or “no” to the question on whether or not we used AI content in the book.