AMAZON HAS BANNED MY BOOKS - "NO EASY CASE" and "NO EASY DAY."
AMAZON BANNED MY BOOKS and BLOCKED MY ACCOUNT:
Read and make up your own mind.
You can purchase the said books at:
EPUB - KOBOBOOKS:
No Easy Day:
KINDLE VERSION (Sold Independently):
No Easy Day:
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On September 18, 2012, I received this email from Amazon.com that reads:
AMAZON'S EMAIL:
Hello,
During a quality assurance review of your KDP catalog, we found that you have published books with misleading metadata. Here are some examples of the books you have submitted:
No Easy Day (B00505B5EU)
As a result, we have temporarily suspended your account and we request that you respond to [ip-inquiries@amazon.com] stating that you will improve the quality of all future submissions and will refrain from submitting books that with misleading metadata. Upon reinstatement of your account, you must remove any other books currently available for sale in the Kindle Store which contain misleading metadata.
Until we receive a response from you regarding these concerns, your account will remain blocked. If you would like to review the KDP Terms and Conditions or our Content Guidelines, please visit:https://kdp.amazon.com.
Best Regards,
Alejandro L.
I responded with this email that reads:
MY RESPONSE:
Dear Kindle:
I am disheartened that my account has been blocked for the reasons stated. I think that it is possible persons can put out work that may mislead but the definition of what is misleading may not be apparent, clear, or uniform. It is in this grey area that I am wondering what, according to Amazon, I am doing wrong?
First of all I hereby aver, assert and state unequivocally that I CONRAD POWELL shall not knowingly put up titles containing misleading METADATA.
I make this averment with the full knowledge that I am a part of the Amazon Community and I simply want the opportunity to have my works sold through the Amazon Channel.
With that said, your email also stated that one example of my title with misleading metadata is No Easy Day (B00505B5EU). As a purely procedural point, may I remind you of what has occurred regarding this title.
(1) On May 9, 2011, I published a book entitled Osama Bin Laden is not Dead. How President Barack Obama Faked Osama's Death (A work of Fiction).
(2) Sometime in August 2012, Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer released for pre-order the title called "No Easy Day: A Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden."
(3) On August 24, 2012, I republished my originally published work under the title "No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the Mission that "Killed' Osama Bin Laden (B00929AIHK - No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden."
(4) On August 29, Amazon emailed me and gave me notice that they blocked the sale of my book stating that
"Hello,
During a quality assurance review of your KDP catalog we found that the cover image and description of the following book you have published is misleading to our customers.
B00929AIHK No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden
The above book has been removed from sale until you make the requested changes.
If you have any questions regarding our quality assurance review process, please write to kdp-quality@amazon.com.
Best Regards,
Marigold J."
(5) I made the requested change by removing (ASIN: B00929AIHK No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden and instead updated my other originally published work (ASIN: B00505B5EU) by going back to my original work (altering the cover and making the title simply say "NO EASY DAY."
(6) I re-submitted the ebook (ASIN: B00505B5EU) and Amazon accepted the book with notice by email dated : August 31, 2012 and stating:
"Hello from Amazon KDP!
The book "No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the Mission That "Killed" Osama Bin Laden" you recently submitted to KDP has been published to the Kindle Store and is already available* for readers to purchase here."
(7) My book has been selling well with only 27 returns out of 269 sold.
(8) I am now given your correspondence email of Sep 18, 2012 informing me that my account is blocked and it names (ASIN: B00505B5EU) as an example of a title with misleading metadata.
I have a few questions that do not seem to make sense to me? if Amazon required me to make changes and I did, and then they accepted my new work. Why now Amazon want to block my account after they vetted the newly modified work and published it? What has occurred between that point and today to warrant Amazon's actions towards me? Interestingly enough, since the re-publication of my work, No Easy Op came out by Jack Murphy and others and the cover was strikingly similar to Mark Owen's No Easy Day except that it had a washout of Osama instead of a navy seal. Their book stayed on for weeks before I am presuming Amazon forced them to change their cover, which they did.
So what is it that Amazon wants me to do regarding my two works:
NO EASY DAY and Also NO EASY OP: A Lawyer's Analysis of the release of "No Easy Day: A Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden.
I was actually going to change my title from No Easy OP to NO EASY CASE. Also I have a different cover for my No Easy Case that should totally distinguish it from No Easy Day or No Easy Op. Please reinstate my account forthwith so that I make make the appropriate changes. Would that make amazon feel better and reinstate my account? As far as my No Easy Day title? Is it still the cover that is bothering you? I can republish a totally different cover. Please reinstate my account right away so I can make the changes that I am sure you will be pleased with.
I WILL BE ORGANIZING A CAMPAIGN TO DISTRIBUTE NEWS ABOUT THE BAN to the MEDIA OUTLETS.
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Read and make up your own mind.
You can purchase the said books at:
EPUB - KOBOBOOKS:
No Easy Day:
KINDLE VERSION (Sold Independently):
No Easy Day:
------------------------------
On September 18, 2012, I received this email from Amazon.com that reads:
AMAZON'S EMAIL:
Hello,
During a quality assurance review of your KDP catalog, we found that you have published books with misleading metadata. Here are some examples of the books you have submitted:
No Easy Day (B00505B5EU)
As a result, we have temporarily suspended your account and we request that you respond to [ip-inquiries@amazon.com] stating that you will improve the quality of all future submissions and will refrain from submitting books that with misleading metadata. Upon reinstatement of your account, you must remove any other books currently available for sale in the Kindle Store which contain misleading metadata.
Until we receive a response from you regarding these concerns, your account will remain blocked. If you would like to review the KDP Terms and Conditions or our Content Guidelines, please visit:https://kdp.amazon.com.
Best Regards,
Alejandro L.
I responded with this email that reads:
MY RESPONSE:
Dear Kindle:
I am disheartened that my account has been blocked for the reasons stated. I think that it is possible persons can put out work that may mislead but the definition of what is misleading may not be apparent, clear, or uniform. It is in this grey area that I am wondering what, according to Amazon, I am doing wrong?
First of all I hereby aver, assert and state unequivocally that I CONRAD POWELL shall not knowingly put up titles containing misleading METADATA.
I make this averment with the full knowledge that I am a part of the Amazon Community and I simply want the opportunity to have my works sold through the Amazon Channel.
With that said, your email also stated that one example of my title with misleading metadata is No Easy Day (B00505B5EU). As a purely procedural point, may I remind you of what has occurred regarding this title.
(1) On May 9, 2011, I published a book entitled Osama Bin Laden is not Dead. How President Barack Obama Faked Osama's Death (A work of Fiction).
(2) Sometime in August 2012, Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer released for pre-order the title called "No Easy Day: A Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden."
(3) On August 24, 2012, I republished my originally published work under the title "No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the Mission that "Killed' Osama Bin Laden (B00929AIHK - No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden."
(4) On August 29, Amazon emailed me and gave me notice that they blocked the sale of my book stating that
"Hello,
During a quality assurance review of your KDP catalog we found that the cover image and description of the following book you have published is misleading to our customers.
B00929AIHK No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden
The above book has been removed from sale until you make the requested changes.
If you have any questions regarding our quality assurance review process, please write to kdp-quality@amazon.com.
Best Regards,
Marigold J."
(5) I made the requested change by removing (ASIN: B00929AIHK No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the mission that "Killed" Osama Bin Laden and instead updated my other originally published work (ASIN: B00505B5EU) by going back to my original work (altering the cover and making the title simply say "NO EASY DAY."
(6) I re-submitted the ebook (ASIN: B00505B5EU) and Amazon accepted the book with notice by email dated : August 31, 2012 and stating:
"Hello from Amazon KDP!
The book "No Easy Day: A Fictional Account of the Mission That "Killed" Osama Bin Laden" you recently submitted to KDP has been published to the Kindle Store and is already available* for readers to purchase here."
(7) My book has been selling well with only 27 returns out of 269 sold.
(8) I am now given your correspondence email of Sep 18, 2012 informing me that my account is blocked and it names (ASIN: B00505B5EU) as an example of a title with misleading metadata.
I have a few questions that do not seem to make sense to me? if Amazon required me to make changes and I did, and then they accepted my new work. Why now Amazon want to block my account after they vetted the newly modified work and published it? What has occurred between that point and today to warrant Amazon's actions towards me? Interestingly enough, since the re-publication of my work, No Easy Op came out by Jack Murphy and others and the cover was strikingly similar to Mark Owen's No Easy Day except that it had a washout of Osama instead of a navy seal. Their book stayed on for weeks before I am presuming Amazon forced them to change their cover, which they did.
So what is it that Amazon wants me to do regarding my two works:
NO EASY DAY and Also NO EASY OP: A Lawyer's Analysis of the release of "No Easy Day: A Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden.
I was actually going to change my title from No Easy OP to NO EASY CASE. Also I have a different cover for my No Easy Case that should totally distinguish it from No Easy Day or No Easy Op. Please reinstate my account forthwith so that I make make the appropriate changes. Would that make amazon feel better and reinstate my account? As far as my No Easy Day title? Is it still the cover that is bothering you? I can republish a totally different cover. Please reinstate my account right away so I can make the changes that I am sure you will be pleased with.
I WILL BE ORGANIZING A CAMPAIGN TO DISTRIBUTE NEWS ABOUT THE BAN to the MEDIA OUTLETS.
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