Chapter III
AI Rules for Authors
Where to read about KDP AI disclosure, copyright questions for AI-assisted books and scams aimed at authors. General information, sources read 2026-11-08.
If you used AI on a book you plan to publish, start with the disclosure rule of the store you are using, then separate that from the copyright question, which is a different problem with different sources. This is general information, not legal advice.
The one rule we state here is dated. As of 2026-11-08, KDP's help page says you must tell KDP about AI-generated content (text, images or translations created by an AI tool) when you publish or republish, and that AI-assisted content does not have to be disclosed. The page does not name audio or narration. Our KDP AI content disclosure page owns that rule and the detail around it.
Disclosure and copyright
- KDP AI content disclosure rules answers what you have to declare to Amazon, and what counts as AI-generated versus AI-assisted.
- AI and copyright for authors answers whether you can protect work that AI helped create, based on published guidance and reports.
Keep these apart. A store can require you to disclose AI use for work that is, or is not, protected by copyright. Meeting one does not settle the other.
Staying out of trouble
- AI publishing scams to avoid answers how to recognize offers that target authors, and what to check before paying anyone.
Setting up your tools
- The self-publishing software stack answers what a complete set of authoring, formatting and publishing tools involves, and where AI sits within it. To price a setup, use the self-publishing stack cost calculator.
Related rules elsewhere on the site
Audiobook rules are kept with the stores that set them. The AI narration rules by retailer hub covers ACX, Spotify, Kobo, Apple Books and others, each with a read date. For tools that generate text, see AI drafting tools for novelists. We also publish how we use AI on this site.
How to use these pages
Rules at stores change without notice, and a help page may be silent where you need an answer. When a page here says a rule was not found, that does not mean the activity is allowed. Read the store's own page before you rely on anything here, and ask the store in writing if the answer matters to your income. For a legal question about your own situation, talk to a qualified lawyer. How we research explains how we read sources and what we have not verified.
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Last verified 2026-11-08. Rules and prices change: check the linked primary page before you rely on this.
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Every page in this chapter, with the date it was last checked against its primary source.