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KDP AI content disclosure: AI-generated vs AI-assisted

Checked against Amazon’s pages on 2026-11-09. Not affiliated with Amazon.

Do I have to tell Amazon KDP if I used AI to write or illustrate my book?

You must disclose AI-generated content (text, images or translations) when you publish a new book or edit and republish an existing one. Content counts as AI-generated if an AI tool created it, even if you edited it heavily afterwards. AI-assisted content, which you created yourself and only edited, checked or brainstormed with AI, does not need to be disclosed.

Key facts
Must discloseAI-generated text, images or translations
No disclosure neededAI-assisted content
Images coveredCover, interior images and artwork
When askedPublishing a new book or republishing after edits
Heavy edits to AI outputStill AI-generated
Brainstorming with AIAI-assisted

Terms on this page: AI-generated content

The two definitions

Amazon’s Content Guidelines draw the line by who created the content, not by how much AI was involved later.

  • AI-generated: text, images or translations created by an AI-based tool. If AI produced the actual content, it is AI-generated even after substantial human edits.
  • AI-assisted: content you created yourself and then edited, refined, error-checked or otherwise improved with AI tools. Using AI to brainstorm ideas also counts as AI-assisted, as long as you wrote the text or made the images yourself.

What to disclose and when

KDP asks about AI-generated content when you publish a new book and when you edit and republish an existing one. The requirement covers three kinds of content: text, images (cover, interior images and artwork) and translations. AI-assisted content does not need to be disclosed.

Worked examples

  • A novel you wrote, run through an AI grammar checker, with a cover from a human designer: AI-assisted, nothing to disclose.
  • The same novel with a cover made in an AI image generator: disclose AI-generated images.
  • A nonfiction book whose chapters were drafted by a chatbot and then rewritten by you: disclose AI-generated text.
  • Your own book translated into Spanish by an AI tool: disclose an AI-generated translation.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming heavy editing turns AI output into your own work. Under Amazon’s definition, it does not.
  • Forgetting the cover. Interior text may be yours while the artwork is AI-generated.
  • Treating disclosure as approval. AI content still has to meet every other guideline, including copyright and trademark rules, and the publisher is responsible for checking it.

Amazon changes these rules; the linked KDP help pages are the authority.

Questions

I edited an AI draft line by line. Is it still AI-generated?
Yes. Amazon says content created by an AI tool is AI-generated even if you applied substantial edits afterwards.
I used AI to check grammar and polish my own writing. Do I disclose?
No. Editing, refining or error-checking content you created yourself is AI-assisted, and Amazon says you do not need to inform it.
Does an AI-generated cover need to be disclosed if the text is mine?
Yes. AI-generated images, including cover and interior artwork, are covered by the disclosure requirement.
Does disclosure make me less responsible for the content?
No. You remain responsible for making sure both AI-generated and AI-assisted content follow all content guidelines, including intellectual property rights.

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