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I’m headed to Girl Scout convention in July. I am not having a booth as it is thousands of dollars. I can’t ‘sell’ at convention. What are your recommendations for networking / spreading the word about my books without violating the no sell rule?

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I want to share the rejection I received from KDP. The book had some lines for jotting down thoughts, but it was not a journal. It is mostly text. Here is the email string (read bottom up). I’ve removed the lines and will published again without them, but I’m curious what others think about this. Hello, Thank you for your email regarding the following book(s): 66655756 : YOUTH PROJECT PLAYBOOK: A PEER-TO-PEER WORKBOOK FOR TEENS Your book cannot be supported by our Kindle devices and applications due to the interactive functionalities. If you wish to publish this book, you will need to submit it as a new book under a compatible format according to our guidelines. Note that books meant to be filled in by the user (e.g. journals, coloring books) can be published through KDP as paperback books. As a reminder, since publishing books that require resources beyond a Kindle device or Kindle application (Phone/Mac/PC) is against our guidelines, we may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly try to do so. For more details about KDP's content guidelines, visit Help: https://kdp.amazon.com/help/topic/G200672390 If you have questions or believe you've received this email in error, reply to this message. To help us respond quickly, please send a single email. Thanks for your cooperation, Amazon KDP Rhea Amazon Content Review Team -----Previous Message----- Since most of the content is not fill in the blank, am I able to reformat, removing those sections, and resubmit? Sheryl Robinson On Monday, July 6, 2026, 9:48 AM, Kindle Content Review ([email protected]) wrote: Hello, We've reviewed the following book(s) and confirmed that it includes content that is not suited to the Kindle format: 66655756 - YOUTH PROJECT PLAYBOOK: A PEER-TO-PEER WORKBOOK FOR TEENS Books such as the following are not suited to the Kindle format because they require physical user input for use, which is not possible in the eBook format. Examples of this type of input include: