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Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Checked that day against the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the IPO’s guidance on ownership of copyright works, and Amazon’s KDP Terms and Conditions. This is general information, not legal advice.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Checked that day against Regulation (EU) 2023/988, the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards’ Northern Ireland factsheet and Great Britain guidance, and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026, against the Trade Marks Act 1994, section 10 and section 11, the Defamation Act 2013, section 1, and Amazon’s metadata guidelines, keywords page and content guidelines. General information, not legal advice. Quick Answer: Yes.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Standards read that day from RNIB and the UK Association for Accessible Formats; KDP rules from Amazon’s paperback fonts and metadata help pages.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Sources read that day: the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 30, section 12, section 171 and section 178; Cambridge University Press, Bibles rights and permissions; and Hodder & Stoughton’s NIV permissions guidance.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Prices and rules checked that day on the Nielsen ISBN Store, Amazon’s ISBN and imprint help page, gov.uk’s business name rules and the trade mark fees page. Quick Answer: A publishing imprint is the publisher name tied to your ISBNs.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Every rule below was checked that day on Amazon’s own help pages: Start a Book Series, Set the reading order, Series page and Metadata Guidelines. Quick Answer: Go to your KDP Bookshelf, click + Create new title or series, then Create series page.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Legal points checked that day against the Defamation Act 2013, the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, section 2 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 65.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Rules read that day on Amazon’s help pages for locked book details, manuscripts, covers, new editions, processing times and updated ebook content, and on the Nielsen ISBN Store FAQ.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Sources read that day: HMRC’s VAT Notice 701/10, zero rating books and printed matter, HMRC’s zero rate of VAT for electronic publications, gov.uk Register for VAT, and Amazon’s How EU and the UK Taxes Affect Print Books List Price and How EU Taxes…
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Every rule below was read that day on Amazon’s own help pages: Remove or unpublish a book, Bookshelf, KDP Select and Postpone or cancel a pre-order. Quick Answer: On your KDP Bookshelf, click the … next to the book and choose Unpublish.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime, 12 October 2026. Checked that day against the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the IPO’s exceptions to copyright and orphan works pages, and Amazon’s KDP intellectual property FAQ. General information, not legal advice.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Brief the reader, not the design. Give your designer the final page count, trim size, paper stock, blurb, genre, and three covers you like plus one you don’t.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Cheap marketplace covers genuinely work at the upper end — roughly $90–$130 — and that is the tier to compare against an entry-level commission, not the $5 gigs.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Expect $10–$35 for volume-produced custom covers, $45–$170 for premades, £90–£300 at the UK budget end, $497–$645 mid-market, and $880 average ($625–$1,250 typical) for professional commissions.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: A premade costs $45–$170 and is usually the front cover only — expect to pay more for the print wrap. A bespoke cover runs $625–$1,250 typically. The real difference is not quality, it is fit: a premade existed before your book did.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Paying to be published is not automatically a scam, and being paid to publish is not automatically a service. The contract is what tells you which you are looking at.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: In the UK your ghostwriter owns the copyright in your book by default, because s.11(1) CDPA 1988 makes the author the first owner and a freelancer is not your employee. Paying them does not transfer it.
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