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Blocked Book Question

Good morning. I have a question I hope someone can give us guidance on. We published a title over the weekend and received a proof copy on Tuesday. The book was approved and we went through the proof last night. We published around 6 pm and it was live by 9:00 pm I believe. In preparing the book, we had gone through the keyword on Amazon and thought we were aware of all the competing books for the niche. However, we went through the keyword again last night and realized we had not seen all the competitors, which included quite a few from this community. And to our chagrin, we discovered a book with the same basic cover as we had posted. We decided to edit the cover design and reposted about two hours later. Same book, different cover, and the inclusion of the ISBN, and a QR code for reviews. That book has been blocked by Amazon and the email sent to us stated the reason was that the book would result in a poor reader (customer) experience. My question is whether anyone else has experienced this? If so, do you have advice on how to move forward? We are currently in the workforce, but nearing retirement age and want to use KDP to supplement and grow our income in that season of our life. We have other books that are in various stages of development that can get to publication shortly. So, the blocked book is not that big of a deal. We are just curious as to why the first book was approved but the second was blocked. Any thoughts?

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Blocked Book Question