Amazon rolls out ID verification for KDP authors
The move touches publishing on the platform authors already depend on most, and the details are still thin
Coral’s read
Here's the honest version: we don't have the specifics yet, and I'm not going to pretend we do. What we know is that Amazon is asking KDP authors to verify their identity, and that's the kind of change that sounds like housekeeping until it isn't. My advice this week is simple — don't ignore any KDP notice asking for ID, but also don't rush to hand over documents to anything that isn't the actual KDP dashboard. Scammers love a headline like this one.
From the Coral Wire edition of Thu, Sep 24 2026 · Coral Index 58/100 (Tailwinds building)