Post #4178997

2026-07-29 01:14 UTC

I received this notice from Amazon today about my Amazon Affiliates account: > We are reaching out to inform you about your Amazon Associates account's closure. > ...Because you are non compliant, Amazon will not pay you any outstanding commission income. Please be aware that any other related accounts may be closed without payment of any commission income. Amazon reserves all other rights and claims. > If you had configured this store ID to earn globally, we have closed your store ID in all those countries as well. > The violation(s) include the following: - Your website/app/social media account does not qualify for inclusion in our program because the content promotes graphic sexual images and/or sexually graphic banner advertisements. Content of such nature constitutes disqualification as it is in violation of our Program Policies. . . . If you follow me or check out my feed, the "graphic sexual images" I post are A) the covers of audiobooks for sale on Amazon, and B) vintage 1950s pin-up art. What a bad girl am I. Anyway, the email includes a link to a form to appeal the decision. I filled it out -- twice. Both times, the form returned a page of error messages; the message does not seem to have gone through and there are no alternate contact methods. If you are a romance or erotica author or narrator, be forewarned. Support the small indie creators you care about friends. We are in such tough spots. 1/2 #Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon #Amazon #Audible

Replies (5)

@prism@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 01:39

@AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu BOOOOOO that's so lame.

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@AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu 2026-07-29 01:17

Before someone comes at me, yes, I am aware that Amazon is evil. As a narrator, I am hired by authors; they choose where they sell their books and I have no say. I am also paid very little on royalty share contracts. The books are already on Amazon; Amazon Affiliates let me earn literally a few more pennies per sale. Or rather it used to. Now it won't. People ask why I no longer narrate auiobooks. Amazon has unilaterally removed more than 1/3 of my audiobook catalogue without payment to me or the authors, breaking the contracts I was hired through as a narrator. They (i.e., ACX) are unilaterally changing contract terms this year and authors who don't agree will have their audiobooks deleted (narrators have no say). Now this. *shrug* I started narrating in the first months of the pandemic so I could work safely from home. I loved the work, and I love my authors and listeners. But Amazon changes the rules and moves the goalposts all the time. The little guys have no recourse at all. I am no longer taking new audiobook narration work because this field is a nightmare. Pre-Emptive Edit before reply guys find this thread: I am not soliciting and do not want "advice". I will block you if you try. Thank you for reading comprehension, sweeties. 2/n

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@carstenfranke@mastodon.social 2026-07-29 01:27

@AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu that really sucks! I have my products listed on Amazon, but over the last 3 years consciously reduced my sales there and shifted to my webshop. They are just too erratic on what they do and I do not want to depend on Amazon Oh, and doublecheck that the email is real. I get a lot of alarming alarming Amazon emails that look real, but are forged and have malicious links or phone numbers

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@wendypalmer@mastodon.au 2026-07-29 01:35

@AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu I’m sorry. Love the extra fuck-you of not paying out any earnings because you weren’t magically in compliance with an erratic change of rules that has nothing to do with you.

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@Trenton_Hoshiko@mas.to 2026-07-29 02:39

@AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu that is incredibly rough im sorry to hear that. I have amazon affiliate links to help get a little tip for my videos, as mixed on that as I am, but changes theyve made recently are really frustrating and disheartening. Like now I cant seen any transaction details for some reason? Really makes it hard to know what is working and what isnt. I am thankful I have some other sources than just amazon though because I really don't want to be tied to just them. 🙃

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