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AI-generated or AI-assisted? A KDP AI disclosure helper

KDP asks you to declare AI-generated content: text, images or translations an AI tool created, even if you edited them heavily afterwards. Content you created yourself and only improved or brainstormed with AI is AI-assisted, and KDP does not ask you to declare it. The helper matches your answers to KDP's own wording; it is not legal advice.

AI-generated or AI-assisted? A KDP disclosure helper

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How was the text written?

The words of the book: chapters, front matter, captions.

How were the images made?

KDP counts the cover and every interior image and piece of artwork.

Is any of it a translation, and how was it made?

A translation an AI tool produced counts on its own, even of text you wrote.

What KDP’s definitions say

Answer for the text first

Pick how the text was written; the images and any translation count too.

    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.

    KDP, Content Guidelines

    For a book made in Chapbook: chapters Chapbook drafted from your brief were created by an AI tool; text you wrote yourself and brought in with “I have a draft” was not. The KDP listing on Chapbook’s Launch page shows what the book’s history records, how much of the final text you wrote or rewrote by hand, beside KDP’s definitions. Which answer fits your book is yours to decide.

    This helper is not legal advice. It matches your answers to KDP’s wording; KDP’s own page decides, and it can change.

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    It becomes the start of a brief; nothing runs until you choose Generate.

    Checked against KDP’s Content Guidelines on 29 October 2026.

    KDP’s definitions, in its own words

    From the section “Artificial intelligence (AI) content (text, images, or translations)” of KDP’s Content Guidelines, quoted as they read when we checked.

    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.

    AI-generated

    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.

    AI-assisted

    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.

    How the helper reads your answers

    KDP asks one question when you publish: whether the book contains AI-generated text, images or translations. Its Content Guidelines draw the line between two kinds of AI use. What an AI tool created counts as AI-generated however much you edited it afterwards. What you created yourself counts as AI-assisted, even if an AI tool helped you edit, check or brainstorm it.

    The helper asks how each kind of content in your book was made, in the terms KDP’s definitions turn on, and puts each answer on one side of that line. Any AI-generated content makes the book one to declare. Its reading of each answer is shown beside KDP’s own words, so you can check it.

    What it cannot decide for you

    A book often mixes the two, chapter by chapter or image by image, and only you know how each part was made. When an answer is not clear, read KDP’s page, and when in doubt, ask KDP. The helper is not legal advice.

    Made with Chapbook

    Cover of The Welcome Sequence by Dana Okafor: flat paper-cut envelopes stepping upward in teal, cream and yellow above white type, subtitle “Seven emails that turn a subscriber into a reader”.

    The Welcome Sequence

    Seven emails that turn a subscriber into a reader, by Dana Okafor

    Lead magnet, 3,626 words, 17 pages

    The outline the planner proposed from its brief, chapter by chapter:

    1. 01 Introduction 282 words
    2. 02 Email 1: The one they actually open 681 words
    3. 03 Emails 2 and 3: Who you are and what to expect 729 words
    4. 04 Emails 4 and 5: Your best two pieces, reframed 669 words
    5. 05 Emails 6 and 7: The ask, and the door left open 743 words
    6. 06 The schedule and the template 478 words
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    Sources

    Last reviewed 29 October 2026

    1. Amazon KDP, “Content Guidelines”, section “Artificial intelligence (AI) content”
    1. KDP AI disclosure: AI-generated vs AI-assisted, in Amazon’s own words KDP asks you to declare AI-generated text, images and translations, but not AI-assisted content. Amazon’s wording, and how to apply it to a book that mixes both.
    2. Manual: Finish, export, and launch elsewhere Run the final checks, download your files, and prepare copy, emails, posts, and carousels for the places where you will release the book.

    Questions people ask

    What counts as AI-generated on KDP?

    Text, images or translations created by an AI-based tool, even if you applied substantial edits afterwards, in the words of KDP's Content Guidelines as checked on 29 October 2026.

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

    No. KDP's Content Guidelines say you are not required to disclose AI-assisted content: content you created yourself and improved with AI, or wrote yourself after brainstorming with it.

    Do I declare an AI-generated cover?

    Yes, if an AI tool created it. KDP's Content Guidelines say AI-generated images include cover and interior images and artwork.

    Is a book drafted in Chapbook AI-generated?

    Chapters Chapbook drafts from your brief are created by an AI tool, which KDP's definition calls AI-generated even after substantial edits. Chapbook's KDP listing shows how much of the final text you wrote or rewrote by hand; the answer is yours.

    Is this helper legal advice?

    No. It matches your answers to KDP's published wording. KDP's own page decides and can change, so read it before you publish.

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