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

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” 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 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.