KDP authors report permafree books reverting to paid
Here's what we actually know: some authors are seeing permafree titles flip back to their listed price, and some are getting denied when they ask Amazon to price-match a book to free. Nobody at KDP has confirmed a policy change, and plenty of authors — including the one reporting this — still have permafree titles working fine. So don't panic and don't rewrite your whole wide strategy this week. Just check your own permafree titles on Amazon right now, and if one has quietly gone paid, that's worth knowing before it costs you read-through.
Why it matters to you: If Amazon is pulling back on price-matching free books, it threatens a read-through strategy wide authors have relied on for years to turn free readers into paying ones.
This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Fri, Oct 9 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 60/100 (Tailwinds building).
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