# KDP AI disclosure: AI-generated vs AI-assisted, in Amazon’s own words

KDP requires you to tell it about AI-generated text, images and translations when you publish a book, or edit and republish one. Content an AI tool created counts as AI-generated even if you edited it heavily afterwards. Content you created yourself and improved with AI is AI-assisted, and KDP does not ask you to disclose it.

Last reviewed 30 October 2026. Web page: https://chapbook.ink/guides/kdp-ai-disclosure/

## Amazon’s wording

This is KDP’s section on AI content, word for word. Read it here, then read the live page, because Amazon can change it.

> We require you to inform us of AI-generated content (text, images, or translations) when you publish a new book or make edits to and republish an existing book through KDP. AI-generated images include cover and interior images and artwork. You are not required to disclose AI-assisted content.

> We define AI-generated content as text, images, or translations created by an AI-based tool. If you used an AI-based tool to create the actual content (whether text, images, or translations), it is considered “AI-generated,” even if you applied substantial edits afterwards.

> If you created the content yourself, and used AI-based tools to edit, refine, error-check, or otherwise improve that content (whether text or images), then it is considered “AI-assisted” and not “AI-generated.” Similarly, if you used an AI-based tool to brainstorm and generate ideas, but ultimately created the text or images yourself, this is also considered “AI-assisted” and not “AI-generated.” It is not necessary to inform us of the use of such tools or processes.

> You are responsible for verifying that all AI-generated and/or AI-assisted content adheres to all content guidelines, including by complying with all applicable intellectual property rights.

## The one test that decides it

KDP’s line is about who created the content, not how much work you put in afterwards. The sentence people miss is “even if you applied substantial edits afterwards.” A chapter an AI tool drafted and you rewrote line by line is still AI-generated under this definition. A chapter you wrote and an AI tool tore apart for you is AI-assisted.

## Common cases

This table is our reading of those definitions. It is not Amazon’s, and it is not legal advice. When your case is not clear, ask KDP.

| What happened | How it reads under KDP’s definitions |
|---|---|
| An AI tool drafted a chapter and you rewrote most of it | AI-generated text |
| You wrote the chapter and an AI tool fixed grammar and tightened sentences | AI-assisted, no disclosure needed |
| An AI tool suggested topics and an outline, and you wrote the text | AI-assisted, no disclosure needed |
| You wrote the text and an AI tool made the cover art | AI-generated image, even though the text is yours |
| You wrote the book in English and an AI tool translated it | AI-generated translation |
| Some chapters are yours and some were drafted by an AI tool | The book contains AI-generated text |

## Disclosure is not the end of your responsibility

The last sentence of KDP’s section applies to both kinds of content. Whether you declare it or not, you answer for what the book says and for the rights in it. Check every claim an AI tool wrote, and check that its pictures do not copy anyone else’s work.

## Where Chapbook fits

Chapters Chapbook drafts from your brief are created by an AI tool, so KDP’s definition calls them AI-generated, even after you edit them. So is a cover it generates. The sample on this page was generated from one brief and exported unedited, which makes it AI-generated in KDP’s terms.

A draft you wrote yourself and bring in through [“I have a draft”](/manual/start-a-book/#start-from-your-own-draft) goes in word for word, but Chapbook can’t know who wrote imported words, so it records them as unknown. A newly imported book’s KDP listing says “Chapbook can’t say how much of this book you wrote by hand.” [The record](/manual/launch-and-export/#answer-kdps-ai-question) gives a percentage, “You wrote or rewrote about N% of the final words by hand”, only when nearly all of a book’s words can be traced to you or the assistant, with the count behind it and KDP’s definitions beside it. It only sees what happened in Chapbook, and it is a record to help you answer, not an answer. Chapbook does not upload to KDP, and KDP reviews every book.

## What to do

1. **List text, images and translations apart.** KDP’s question covers all three, and cover art counts as an image. Write down how each was made, chapter by chapter if you have to, instead of judging the book as a whole.
2. **Ask who created each part.** If an AI tool created the actual content, it is AI-generated however much you edited it. If you created it and AI helped you improve it or brainstorm, it is AI-assisted.
3. **Keep a note while you work.** Note which chapters or images came from a tool as you go. Answering from memory months later, after many rounds of edits, is where honest mistakes happen.
4. **Answer on KDP’s content page.** KDP asks when you publish. Any AI-generated part means your answer is yes for that type of content. AI-assisted work needs no disclosure.
5. **Answer again when you republish.** The rule also covers edits to an existing book. If a new edition adds an AI-drafted chapter or a new AI cover, your old answer may no longer be true.

## Made with Chapbook: The Pricing Playbook

The Pricing Playbook: How founders set a price they can defend, by Jane Founder. Nonfiction book, 9,862 words, 43 pages. A sample generated from one brief and exported unedited; it is not a customer's book. Read every page: https://chapbook.ink/examples/nonfiction/

The brief:

> A repeatable method for pricing software: customer interviews, a value metric, tiering, and setting numbers you can defend. Promise: A repeatable method for setting a price you can defend to customers, investors and yourself, validated by ten customer interviews in a week. Reader: A founder who priced by guessing or by copying a competitor and now has to defend or change the number. Voice: Direct second person with occasional first person; worked examples with fictional companies; tables where they clarify; no invented statistics or named studies: reason from mechanics and examples.

The outline the planner proposed:

1. Introduction (620 words)
2. Why Guessing Fails (1,014 words)
3. What You Are Actually Selling (1,004 words)
4. Interview Ten Customers (1,088 words)
5. Choose the Value Metric (979 words)
6. Draft Three Tiers (1,076 words)
7. Set the Numbers (1,130 words)
8. Say the Price Out Loud (1,063 words)
9. Revisit Every Quarter (994 words)
10. Conclusion (384 words)
11. Appendix: The Interview Script (475 words)

## Questions

### What is the difference between AI-generated and AI-assisted on KDP?

AI-generated means an AI-based tool created the text, images or translations. AI-assisted means you created the content and used AI to edit, refine, error-check or brainstorm, according to KDP’s Content Guidelines.

### Do I have to disclose AI-assisted content to KDP?

No. KDP’s Content Guidelines say you are not required to disclose AI-assisted content, as of 30 October 2026. You must disclose AI-generated text, images and translations.

### Is AI text still AI-generated after I rewrite it?

Yes, under KDP’s definition. If an AI-based tool created the actual content, KDP considers it AI-generated even if you applied substantial edits afterwards.

### Does an AI-generated book cover count on KDP?

Yes. KDP’s Content Guidelines say AI-generated images include cover and interior images and artwork, so an AI-made cover is disclosed even when you wrote every word.

### When does KDP ask about AI content?

KDP requires the information when you publish a new book and when you make edits to and republish an existing one, according to its Content Guidelines as of 30 October 2026.

### Does Chapbook answer KDP’s AI question for me?

No. Chapbook’s KDP listing shows KDP’s definitions and what the book’s history records about who wrote it, as a percentage only when enough of the text can be traced. The answer is yours to give on KDP.

## Sources

- [Amazon KDP, “Content Guidelines”, section “Artificial intelligence (AI) content (text, images, or translations)”](https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390)