Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard?

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Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 17, 2020 0:04:07 GMT K'Sennia Visitor likes this

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Post by writeway on Feb 17, 2020 0:04:07 GMT

Hi All,

Now when you try to download a copy of the manuscript you uploaded to KDP the thing says, "downloading file currently disabled" or whatever. Which means you can't download the file. Other authors mentioned this so it seems universal. Anyone know why this is? This sucks and I can't see why Amazon would not allow us to download our files anymore.

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writeway Senior Member Posts: 485	Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 17, 2020 17:55:20 GMT K'Sennia Visitor likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by writeway on Feb 17, 2020 17:55:20 GMT Someone said they think it's a glitch because it happened before when Amazon was updating the preview section. We'll see.

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Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 18, 2020 5:54:57 GMT

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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Feb 18, 2020 5:54:57 GMT

I just went and tried it for one of my books and I got the message that it was disabled, as well. Weird. If it sticks around we'll know it's intentional and if it eventually goes back to normal then it was just a glitch. Amazon glitches a lot, which is what happens when you routinely hire the cheapest coders you can find.

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writeway Senior Member Posts: 485	Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 19, 2020 6:06:05 GMT K'Sennia Visitor likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by writeway on Feb 19, 2020 6:06:05 GMT I hope it's not intentional.

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Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 20, 2020 21:49:24 GMT

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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Feb 20, 2020 21:49:24 GMT

You never know with amazon. If it remains you could always open up a D2D account. They let you download a formatted epub/mobi and pdf version of your book. That's where I always got mine to upload to amazon back when I was wide.

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Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 21, 2020 9:14:18 GMT K'Sennia Visitor likes this

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Post by writeway on Feb 21, 2020 9:14:18 GMT

I'm already on D2D because I have to go through them to publish on Apple. I still want the option to download the book from KDP if needed though. I don't see why they'd take this away. Makes no sense so hopefully it's a glitch. I might write them and ask.

writeway Senior Member Posts: 485	Can No Longer Download File From KDP Dashboard? Feb 21, 2020 17:10:00 GMT K'Sennia Visitor likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by writeway on Feb 21, 2020 17:10:00 GMT Heard back from KDP. It's a technical issue and they are working on it.

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