Amazon Kindle Store: special terms

Public domain

We are unable to take public domain content to Amazon.

Languages

Amazon accepts content only in the supported languages listed on this page, plus Russian and Chinese content. Publisher acknowledges the fact that content written in other languages than on the above list may be removed from the stores.

Stores

Amazon has localized stores worldwide, however their numbers are limited. PublishDrive is taking books to the following Amazon stores:

With Enhanced plan: 
www.amazon.com
www.amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.de
www.amazon.fr
www.amazon.es
www.amazon.nl
www.amazon.it
www.amazon.ca
www.amazon.com.au
With standard plan: 
www.amazon.in
www.amazon.co.jp
www.amazon.com.br
www.amazon.com.mx

Free books policy

Amazon doesn't accept free submissions. Free books will be sent to Amazon at a price of 0.99 USD. If your book is available in a major store for free, Amazon may price match - or may not.

Freely available content policy

Amazon doesn't allow publishers sell books in Kindle store where the full content is freely available online. To publish in Kindle store, please make sure that no more than 20% of the book is available online for promotional purposes. If more than 20% of a book is available online for free, Amazon might pull the book from distribution.

Amazon metadata guidelines

Amazon has strict metadata guidelines and has a zero-tolerance policy against publishers who are trying to breach it. See Amazon's metadata guidelines here.