AI books on Amazon KDP

Yes, Amazon KDP (Amazon's platform that lets anyone self-publish their books) accepts books made with AI, but it requires you to declare it when you publish. If the text, illustrations, cover or translation were generated by an AI, even if you touched them up afterwards, you have to tick it on the publishing form (checked in September 2026).

The distinction that confuses people most is between "generated" and "assisted" content. According to KDP's rules, if the AI produced the first draft or the first image, it counts as generated and must be declared; if you wrote the book and the AI only helped you correct, polish or suggest improvements, it's assisted and doesn't need declaring (checked in September 2026). That declaration isn't shown on the book's page, but skipping it can end with the book taken down or the account closed. And being allowed to publish doesn't mean anyone is going to buy it.

I'm interested in seeing what's really behind the videos promising a salary from children's stories made with AI. I set it out in "Books made with artificial intelligence on Amazon", a possible series with the same structure as the business one: research, launch, promotion, performance and verdict. For now it's just a candidate: I'll do it if I decide to do it properly, which on this blog means going all the way and showing the real sales, whatever they are.