KDP AI Generated Content Disclosure: What to Answer and Where

When you publish on Amazon KDP, you must say whether your book contains AI-generated content. KDP treats text, images or translations created by an AI tool as AI-generated, even if you edited them afterwards. Content you wrote yourself and only polished with AI is treated as AI-assisted, and KDP has said it does not need to be disclosed.

You answer these questions in the Content tab of each format, the ebook and the paperback, before you can publish. The rest of this guide explains the definitions, shows where the questions appear, and walks through how to answer for each type of content. The form and the wording can change, so check KDP's current help page on AI content before you rely on any of this.

What KDP means by AI-generated content

KDP's content guidelines describe AI-generated content as text, images or translations that an AI-based tool created. The test is who or what produced the material, not how much you changed it later.

This is the part that catches people out. If an AI tool drafted a chapter and you then rewrote half of it, KDP's guidance still counts that chapter as AI-generated. The editing affects how you describe the AI content on the form, not whether you disclose it.

A few examples that count as AI-generated under KDP's published definition:

• You gave an AI tool a prompt and it wrote the chapters, which you then revised.
• An image generator produced your cover art, even if a designer added the title text.
• You ran your English manuscript through an AI translation tool to make a Spanish edition.
• An AI tool wrote the recipes, exercises or poems in your book.

If you want background on what AI disclosure means across publishing more generally, see the glossary entry on AI disclosure.

What counts as AI-assisted, and whether you need to disclose it

KDP describes AI-assisted content as material you created yourself, where you then used AI tools to edit, refine, error-check or otherwise improve it. KDP's guidance also treats using AI to brainstorm ideas as assistance rather than generation, as long as the final text or images are your own.

KDP's help page has said you do not need to disclose AI-assisted content. You are still responsible for making sure the book follows KDP's content guidelines, including rules on intellectual property and misleading content.

Examples that usually fall on the AI-assisted side:

• You wrote the manuscript and used a grammar or spelling checker that relies on AI.
• You asked a chatbot for twenty title ideas, then picked and adapted one.
• You wrote every chapter yourself and asked an AI tool to suggest tighter wording for a few paragraphs, which you then rewrote in your own words.
• You used AI to brainstorm plot problems, then wrote the scenes yourself.

The line gets blurry when an AI tool rewrites whole passages for you. If the tool produced the sentences that ended up in the book, that leans toward AI-generated. If you produced them and the tool only flagged problems or suggested small fixes, that leans toward assisted. When you genuinely cannot tell, disclosing is the safer choice.

How AI-generated and AI-assisted compare in practice

This table sums up common situations. It reflects KDP's published definitions at the time of writing, so confirm against the current help page.

What you did	How KDP's guidance treats it	Disclose?
AI wrote the draft, you edited lightly	AI-generated text	Yes
AI wrote the draft, you rewrote heavily	AI-generated text (with extensive editing)	Yes
You wrote it, AI checked grammar and spelling	AI-assisted	No
AI brainstormed ideas, you wrote everything	AI-assisted	No
AI image generator made your cover art	AI-generated image	Yes
You or a designer made the cover without AI image tools	Not AI	No
AI translated your book into another language	AI-generated translation	Yes
A human translator translated it, using AI only to check terms	Likely AI-assisted	Usually no
AI wrote some chapters, you wrote the rest	AI-generated text (some sections)	Yes

Where the AI questions appear in KDP

The questions are in the Content tab of your title setup, the second step after Details. You see them in Kindle eBook Content and again in Paperback Content (and Hardcover Content if you make one).

At the time of writing, the section is headed with a question asking whether you used AI tools to create text, images or translations in the book. You choose Yes or No.

If you choose Yes, KDP shows follow-up questions for three categories:

1. Text
2. Images
3. Translations

For each category you pick from a dropdown that describes how much of the work is AI-generated and how much you edited it. The options have looked roughly like "None", "Some sections, with minimal or no editing", "Some sections, with extensive editing", "Entire work, with minimal or no editing" and "Entire work, with extensive editing". The exact labels may differ when you see them. If the form asks which AI tool you used, name it.

Each format has its own Content tab, so you answer separately for the ebook and the paperback. Keep your answers consistent. A paperback and an ebook of the same text should not have different disclosures unless the content really differs, for example if only the paperback cover used AI art.

For the full step-by-step setup around this form, see our Amazon KDP publishing guide and how to publish a book on Amazon.

Answering for text

Text covers everything inside the book: chapters, front matter and back matter, recipes, poems, exercises, captions and so on.

Ask yourself two questions. Did an AI tool produce any of the words that ended up in the book? If yes, how much of the book, and how much did you change it?

• Whole book drafted by AI, lightly edited: choose the "entire work" option with minimal or no editing.
• Whole book drafted by AI, then heavily revised: choose the "entire work" option with extensive editing. Be honest about what "extensive" means. Fixing typos and swapping a few words is not extensive. Restructuring scenes, rewriting dialogue and adding your own material is closer.
• Some chapters or sections drafted by AI: choose the "some sections" option that matches your level of editing.
• You wrote everything and used AI only for proofreading or ideas: that is assisted, so choose None for text, or No for the whole section if nothing else applies.

If you write with an AI book tool, the drafted chapters are AI-generated text. For example, Inkora plans a book bible and then writes each chapter, so a book made that way should be disclosed as AI-generated text, with the editing level depending on how much you revise in the editor afterwards. If you want to understand where AI drafting fits in a writing process, see how to write a book with AI.

Heavy self-editing is worth doing for quality anyway. Our guide on how to edit your own book covers a practical revision pass.

Disclosing images

Images include your cover and any pictures inside the book: illustrations, diagrams, decorative chapter headers, photos.

• AI-generated cover art: answer Yes for images. A cover where an image generator made the artwork and you added typography is still an AI-generated image. Pick the option that matches how much of the book's imagery came from AI and how much you edited it.
• Typographic cover with no AI artwork: that is not AI-generated, even if you made it in a design tool.
• Stock photos: these are not AI-generated unless the stock image itself was made with AI. Some stock libraries label AI images; check the licence and description.
• Interior illustrations from an image generator: answer Yes for images, and consider whether this covers "some sections" or the whole work.

Inkora's cover designer offers typographic templates with no AI artwork, or optional AI cover art. If you choose the AI artwork, answer Yes for images. Inkora does not create interior illustrations, so anything inside the book came from another source and you should assess it separately.

Copyright for AI images is a separate question from disclosure. Our glossary entry on copyright and the article on whether it is legal to sell AI-written books cover the wider picture.

Handling translations

Translations matter if your book is a translation of an existing work, including your own.

• You used an AI or machine translation tool to translate the book: answer Yes for translations, with the editing level that fits. Having a fluent speaker review and correct the result counts as editing, not as human translation.
• A human translator did the translation: answer None for translations, even if they used a dictionary or terminology tool.
• You wrote the book directly in that language, with or without AI drafting: this is not a translation. Answer under Text instead. A book drafted by AI directly in Spanish is AI-generated text, not an AI translation.

That last point trips people up. If an AI tool wrote your book in German from a German brief, nothing was translated. Disclose it under Text.

Whether readers see your answer, and how it affects your book

KDP has said it uses the disclosure internally and has not displayed it on the product page. That could change, so check the current help page.

Disclosing AI content is not in itself a reason for KDP to reject a book, according to KDP's published guidance. What gets books blocked is breaking the content guidelines: copying other authors, misleading titles or covers, low-quality or duplicate content, and content that disappoints customers. An honest disclosure on a well-made book is a normal part of publishing.

Where to check KDP's current rules

The policy sits in KDP's Content Guidelines, in the section on AI-generated content, and the questions live in your title setup. Before you publish:

1. Open KDP Help and search for "AI-generated content" to read the current definitions.
2. Open your title's Content tab and read the exact wording of the questions and dropdowns.
3. Compare your process with the definitions, category by category: text, images, translations.

Inkora's Publishing Hub includes a KDP checklist that reminds you to complete this step, but you answer the questions yourself in your own KDP account. Inkora does not upload or fill in KDP forms for you.

Common problems and fixes

You answered No but later realised some content was AI-generated. Go to your Bookshelf, open the title's Content tab, change the answer and republish. Updates go back through review. Fix it as soon as you notice; an accurate answer is what the guideline asks for.

Your ebook and paperback answers don't match. Open each format's Content tab and compare. Make them consistent unless the content really differs, such as a different cover.

You can't tell whether your editing counts as "extensive". Look at the finished text honestly. Where most sentences are still the AI's, choose minimal editing. If you rewrote, restructured and added substantial material of your own, extensive is fair. When you are torn, the less flattering option is the safer one.

You used AI for the outline only. Brainstorming and planning count as assistance under KDP's guidance, as long as you wrote the text. If you then had AI draft from that outline, the drafting is generated text.

A designer delivered your cover and you don't know how it was made. Ask them directly whether any AI image tools produced the artwork. Get the answer in writing, along with the licence for any stock or generated elements.

KDP flagged or blocked your book after you disclosed AI. Read the email carefully. Blocks usually cite a specific guideline issue, such as metadata, quality or rights, rather than the disclosure itself. Fix the named problem, check your metadata and description for anything misleading, and resubmit or contact KDP support through your account.

Answer the KDP AI disclosure based on who produced the content, not how much you edited it. AI-generated text, images and translations get a Yes, while AI used only to check or polish your own work does not. Read KDP's current help page and the exact form wording before you publish, because both can change.