AuthorShelf Content Guidelines

CONTENT NOT PERMITTED

AuthorShelf is committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality, integrity, and professionalism in the titles we help bring to market. The following types of content are strictly prohibited and will not be accepted for publication or distribution through AuthorShelf’s services:

  1. Derivative or Unauthorized Summaries — Summaries, workbooks, study guides, abbreviations, or similar content created without the express written permission of the original author or copyright holder.
  2. Blank or Low-Content Pages — Books containing a material number of blank pages, including notepads, scratchpads, journals, planners, logbooks, or similar products.
  3. Mimicking or Copycat Content — Content that copies, mirrors, or closely resembles the title, cover design, author name(s), layout, or overall appearance of any popular, well-known, or bestselling work.
  4. Misleading or Deceptive Content — Content that is misleading, inaccurate, or likely to cause confusion, including false or exaggerated claims, inaccurate descriptions, or deceptive cover art and metadata.
  5. Inappropriate Pricing — Content listed at a price that does not reasonably reflect its literary, educational, or substantive value.
  6. Poor-Quality Scans — Scanned or reproduced content containing illegible text, images, or material that would be detrimental to the buyer’s experience.
  7. AI-Generated or Automated Content — Content created primarily through artificial intelligence, automated generation tools, or mass-production processes without meaningful human authorship, creative judgment, or editorial oversight.
  8. Duplicate or Multi-Format Duplication — Substantially identical content published across multiple titles or in multiple trim sizes and formats.
  9. Undifferentiated Public Domain Content — Public domain works that are freely available on the internet, unless the author is the sole copyright owner of the specific edition or presentation. AuthorShelf may also decline public domain titles that are not meaningfully differentiated from other available versions.

AuthorShelf reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to reject, refuse to publish, or remove from distribution any title that violates these guidelines or that may otherwise harm the reputation of AuthorShelf, its authors, or its distribution channels.

Compliance with these Content Guidelines is a condition of using AuthorShelf’s publishing and distribution services.