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Alright.. so..
I found out just the other day that KDP is actually really strict about the romance they publish and where things go. I for one, don't know anything about that. Anything.
Stupid questions are ahead, please provide links to other threads where applicable or just answering the questions are okay. I may just have this thread for all sorts of questions for these categories.. if allowed..
When i get books on KDP I almost always search for Free Romances-2.99 romances and the in between. I have found books of every genre, dinosaur erotica, non-con, straight up rape scenes that are pretty.. well harsh. With just that simple search. But now I am finding articles that say Don't put your book in Adult or How do I keep my erotica out of adult/dungeon categories? Me, i'm like.. um well if it is erotica.. it should be adult..? should it not?
What is the problem with being put into the adult or dungeon, if your book is part of those genres?
How do you find information ON these categories? I am pretty bad at figuring things out internet wise. i tried searching the actual amazon site, but I can't find any information actually on anything like Dungeon category. I try searching just in my search bar and I get a bunch of articles of how to try and keep it out of said categories but nothing actually about them.
I have found numerous articles about how a woman saying no when being pressured instantly put them into the adult/dungeon category and situations like that. Which pretty much worries me that if they are so harsh on restrictions of that sort, my sort of work will never be published on kdp. I write scenes of almost rape of either sex, but they fight back and beat the heck out of the abuser.
I have seen people say, just don't keyword it like that.
Do you know how much i hate when I pick up a historical that says HEA and the chick dies from a crazy rape scene at the end? Even if my stuff is lighter, i would not want to keyword it under an HEA if there is no actual HEA, I wouldn't want to not keyword something and get a bunch of people unhappy because there were no disclaimers.
So I kinda just ranted with some questions tossed in.
Also does there happen to be a thread somewhere with definitions of the abbreviations? Like Dark-rom (obviously dark romance) but what that and all these other terms mean?
I found out just the other day that KDP is actually really strict about the romance they publish and where things go. I for one, don't know anything about that. Anything.
Stupid questions are ahead, please provide links to other threads where applicable or just answering the questions are okay. I may just have this thread for all sorts of questions for these categories.. if allowed..
When i get books on KDP I almost always search for Free Romances-2.99 romances and the in between. I have found books of every genre, dinosaur erotica, non-con, straight up rape scenes that are pretty.. well harsh. With just that simple search. But now I am finding articles that say Don't put your book in Adult or How do I keep my erotica out of adult/dungeon categories? Me, i'm like.. um well if it is erotica.. it should be adult..? should it not?
What is the problem with being put into the adult or dungeon, if your book is part of those genres?
How do you find information ON these categories? I am pretty bad at figuring things out internet wise. i tried searching the actual amazon site, but I can't find any information actually on anything like Dungeon category. I try searching just in my search bar and I get a bunch of articles of how to try and keep it out of said categories but nothing actually about them.
I have found numerous articles about how a woman saying no when being pressured instantly put them into the adult/dungeon category and situations like that. Which pretty much worries me that if they are so harsh on restrictions of that sort, my sort of work will never be published on kdp. I write scenes of almost rape of either sex, but they fight back and beat the heck out of the abuser.
I have seen people say, just don't keyword it like that.
Do you know how much i hate when I pick up a historical that says HEA and the chick dies from a crazy rape scene at the end? Even if my stuff is lighter, i would not want to keyword it under an HEA if there is no actual HEA, I wouldn't want to not keyword something and get a bunch of people unhappy because there were no disclaimers.
So I kinda just ranted with some questions tossed in.
Also does there happen to be a thread somewhere with definitions of the abbreviations? Like Dark-rom (obviously dark romance) but what that and all these other terms mean?