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Built for AI-powered KDP authors
Two minutes. Zero guesswork. Get the green light before you publish
Forget the KDP help pages, the trademark search and the print-spec calculator — one report answers all four before you upload.
Greenlight Publish reviews the four areas every AI-powered author should verify before uploading to KDP — and hands you one score.
Know the exact checkbox.No monthly stack.Under two minutes.
No monthly software stackBuilt for KDP & low-content publishersCurrent KDP rule versioningScores manuscripts in 6 languages
Official introduction
Greenlight Publish brings the KDP preflight into one clean decision.
Designed for AI-assisted authors and low-content publishers, it reviews the four areas that matter most before upload: disclosure, trademark risk, originality signals and print specifications.
Instead of checking four separate tools and assembling your own verdict, you get one report that shows what to declare, what still needs attention and what to fix first.
How Greenlight works
Answer 7 disclosure questions
Describe how the text, images and translation were actually created.
Read one publish-readiness verdict
Get the declaration, the risk findings and the next fix in one place.
What this tool actually is
A focused KDP preflight layer for publishers who want a faster, clearer and more defensible publish decision before release day.
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What the report hands you
The exact KDP checkbox
Text, images and translation — each with the declaration to tick and wording you can paste into the details box.
Trademark screen with evidence
Your title and series checked against live USPTO records, with the registration number and class shown.
Originality signals
Repeated blocks, template phrasing and overlap with your own previously scanned books — included in every scan.
Print readiness in numbers
Paperback and hardcover files get trim, bleed, page count, image DPI and embedded fonts measured — plus a margin flag and the gutter your page count needs.
One score, one verdict
Four modules rolled into a single number, stamped with the KDP policy version it was measured against.
A fix list in order
Critical issues sorted to the top, and every issue comes with what to change.
Re-scan flags on rule changes
When the KDP policy version moves, every report scored on the old one is flagged for a re-scan in your history.
Publishing scenarios
Four moments where a clearer preflight changes the next move.
2 minTypical scan time
4Checks in one report
6Supported manuscript languages
10/moStarter scans refreshed monthly
Featured workflowLow-content seller
Planner publishing workflow
A planner interior reaches final review with a margin issue that is easy to miss at normal zoom. The print check surfaces it before the file goes back to the designer or into KDP.
Better next move
Caught a print-layout issue before upload
AI-assisted nonfiction workflow
First-time KDP uploaderA first-time uploader has used AI for outlining and editing but not full-text generation. Seven answers map that workflow to the relevant KDP disclosure and wording.
Removed the disclosure guesswork
Multi-book publishing workflow
Multi-book publisherA publisher managing several pen names normally checks titles, policy pages and PDF specs in separate tabs. One report puts the highest-risk fix first.
Collapsed four separate checks into one workflow
Workbook publishing workflow
Repeat uploaderA repeat uploader reopens an older report after KDP guidance changes. The policy stamp shows whether the book should be checked again before its next update.
Gave a saved QA trail before release day
Representative workflows, not customer testimonials. Verified author stories will be added as customer feedback becomes available.
Why authors get flagged
One flagged book can put the whole account at risk
Publishing for clients or under several pen names raises the stakes: a single flagged title can drag down every other book underneath it. Below is what actually trips authors up — and what Greenlight Publish does about each one.
Publishing risk
toGreenlight action
Risk 01
The AI checkbox guess
You used ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini somewhere in the process — but is that “AI-generated” or “AI-assisted”? Tick the wrong box and you risk a suspended account and withheld royalties, not just a rejected upload.
AI-content disclosureSeven questions decide it for you — per box, with wording you can paste into KDP.
Risk 02
Rejected, with no idea what to change
Amazon tells you the file was not accepted. It does not tell you which line, which margin or which word caused it — so you guess, resubmit, and wait again.
Findings & fix listFindings sorted worst-first, each naming the exact figure or phrase that failed and how to fix it.
Risk 03
Rejected after the design is paid for
Workbooks, planners and journals get bounced for bleed, margin or image DPI off by a few pixels — long after the interior is finished and the designer is paid.
Print readinessPaperback and hardcover files get trim, bleed, DPI and fonts measured before you upload — with the gutter your page count needs.
Risk 04
A title that collides with a trademark
Series names and title words hit registered marks far more often than authors expect — and you usually find out from a takedown, not from a warning.
Trademark riskLive USPTO screen on your title and series, with the registration number and class shown.
Risk 05
The book you published last year may not pass today
Amazon moves its rules without announcing them. Nothing tells you that a title already on sale was cleared against a version of the policy that no longer exists.
KDP policy versioningEvery report is stamped with the policy version, and flagged in your history when that version moves on.
Risk 06
No idea whether the text reads as clean
A single similarity percentage tells you nothing you can act on. You cannot rewrite “14% similar”.
Originality signalsOriginality signals flag repeated blocks, template phrasing and overlap with your own previously scanned books.
The manual preflight
Still building your publish decision one tool at a time?
KDP Help explains policy. USPTO returns registrations. Similarity checkers return percentages. Print calculators return measurements. You still have to translate all of it into “ready” or “not yet.”
Four disconnected checks
What “just check it” really means
- 01KDP policy
Interpret the disclosure rules
Read the latest guidance, map it back to how the book was made, then decide which AI-content box your exact workflow requires.
- 02USPTO records
Triage trademark results
Search title and series terms, inspect classes and registration details, then work out which matches are actually relevant.
- 03Originality
Chase the passages behind a score
A percentage is only the start. You still need the matching text, its source and a judgment about what is worth rewriting.
- 04Print file
Audit the PDF specification by specification
Trim, bleed, margins, image DPI and embedded fonts each live in a different check — and every miss can mean another upload.
The real bottleneck
Four tools can answer four questions. They still cannot tell you what to fix first — or whether the book is ready as a whole.
4 outputsYour judgmentUpload & hope
The Greenlight workflow
One workflow. One ordered verdict.
Greenlight combines the disclosure decision, evidence checks and print measurements into one policy-stamped report — with the worst issues first.
- 01
Answer + upload
Seven disclosure answers and one manuscript file.
- 02
Fix in order
Critical findings rise first, with evidence and instructions.
- 03
Publish with a record
One score, one declaration and the policy version checked.
Manual vs Greenlight
The difference is not just speed. It is decision clarity.
Most authors already have access to enough tools. What they do not have is one final answer that turns those checks into a confident go-or-fix decision.
Decision pointManual routeGreenlight Publish
Time per manuscript
3-4 hours across KDP help pages, USPTO, similarity tools and print checks
About 2 minutes from upload to one readiness report
Disclosure decision
Interpret policy language and hope you picked the right box
Seven answers turn into the exact KDP declaration to use
Trademark review
Manually inspect search results and classes one term at a time
Title and series screened against live USPTO records in the report
Print QA
Check trim, bleed, DPI, margins and fonts in separate tools
Measured together with the exact figures and margin flags shown
Final publish call
You stitch four outputs into your own go/no-go decision
One ordered verdict with the highest-risk findings first
The readiness engine
Four specialist checks. One score you can act on.
Every module keeps its own evidence and score. Greenlight then combines them into one readiness verdict — so a clean result in one area cannot hide a critical issue in another.
Greenlight exclusive
AI-content disclosure
Turns your 7 answers into the exact KDP checkbox to tick — AI-generated, AI-assisted, or none — under the policy version on the report, with suggested wording.
Declaration + paste-ready wording
Trademark risk
Your title, series and text checked against live USPTO records and known protected brands.
Registration evidence
Combined readiness verdict
Example report
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Green light
Ready after the remaining action items are reviewed.
4Modules
1Verdict
Policy version stamped
Originality signals
Repeated blocks, template phrasing and overlap with your own previous books.
Passages worth reviewing
Print readiness
Page size, bleed, margins, image DPI and font embedding validated before Amazon does it.
Measured file specifications
01
Module-level scores
See which check moved the total.
02
Worst-first queue
Critical findings rise above minor fixes.
03
Versioned verdict
Know which KDP policy the report used.
▶Video walkthroughs
Watch each decision before you make your own.
Four short walkthroughs now cover the exact moments buyers care about most: upload, declaration, report reading and the final handoff before publishing.
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Video 00
The full two-minute publish-readiness flow
A fast overview from file upload to final verdict for authors who want the whole workflow before they watch the deeper clips.
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Video 01
From upload to the exact KDP declaration
Show the seven answers, the rule-engine decision and the wording the author can paste into KDP.
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Video 02
Reading the score and fixing the worst issue first
Show the four-module verdict, critical findings and the recommended fix order.
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Video 03
What the final report looks like when you are ready to act
Walk through the score summary, declaration panel and findings stack the same way a buyer would use it before uploading to KDP.
Live product tour
Follow one paperback from upload to publish decision.
Every screen below comes from the working app, using the same sample manuscript and the same score-83 report. Click any screen to inspect it full size.
Chapter 01 · Set the context
From manuscript to a report in one guided flow
The wizard captures the file, book type and seven disclosure answers; the report then turns those inputs into a score and an ordered verdict.
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Chapter 01 · Set the context
From manuscript to a report in one guided flow
Chapter 02 · Make the decision
See the checkbox and the evidence behind every warning
The declaration is separated from the risk findings, so you know what to enter in KDP and what still needs work before upload.
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Chapter 02 · Make the decision
See the checkbox and the evidence behind every warning
Risk breakdown
The mistakes are small. The downstream damage is not.
KDP problems usually do not start with dramatic fraud. They start with a title, checkbox or print spec that looked harmless until the upload was already live.
Case 01
Wrong AI declaration
Typical mistake
Authors treat AI-assisted outlining, editing or image cleanup as "none" because no full chapter was generated.
What it costs
That mismatch can trigger extra review, takedowns or account scrutiny if Amazon asks how the book was produced later.
How Greenlight helps
Greenlight maps your seven answers to the exact declaration for text, images and translation.
Case 02
Series or title trademark collision
Typical mistake
A phrase looks generic enough to publish until a live registration in the same commercial class surfaces after launch.
What it costs
The book can be forced down after the cover, metadata and ad links are already live.
How Greenlight helps
The report shows the registration evidence and class details before you commit to the title.
Case 03
Low-content print spec miss
Typical mistake
Margins, bleed or image DPI are only checked after the designer exports the final interior PDF.
What it costs
You pay for redesign rounds and lose launch time to preventable resubmissions.
How Greenlight helps
Trim, bleed, fonts, page count and sampled margins are measured before you upload.
Built-in trust controls
Your report keeps the evidence behind the decision.
Greenlight keeps the policy version, privacy boundaries and re-scan status visible, so the result is easier to understand and defend later.
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Readiness scans used this month in the sample
4 modules
Checks in every readiness report
v2026-07
KDP policy version shown in the sample
Browser-first parsing
The file is opened and parsed on your device.
No manuscript file stored
Only extracted text is sent for scoring.
Policy-versioned reports
Every score records the KDP rule version used.
Re-scan reminders
Old reports are flagged when their policy version is superseded.
A report with a memory
The score keeps the policy version it was measured against.
Policy updates are reflected in the scoring engine within 7 days. The version and update date remain visible on every report, and reports scored on an older version are flagged for re-scan.
Concept illustration — the live report screen is shown in the product tour above.
One-time plans
Pay once. Get your green light before you publish.
One simple offer: the complete four-module readiness score, the exact KDP AI-content declaration, and two GPT bonuses — the AI Creation Log & Disclosure Prep GPT and the KDP Rights & Source Ledger GPT — plus the Autumn Commercial Asset Vault: clipart, papers and illustrations you can use in the books you publish.
No subscriptionSingle-user licenseAllowances refresh monthly
Your complete readiness toolkitWhat it’s worth
Four-module readiness report
AI disclosure, trademark, originality and print readiness in one score
$97 valueIncludedExact KDP declaration
Seven answers become the exact boxes and wording to use in KDP
$67 valueIncludedLive trademark evidence
USPTO registration details and publishing classes for your title and series
$67 valueIncludedPolicy-versioned reports
Current KDP rule version, plus a re-scan flag when the rules move
$47 valueIncludedBonus · Autumn Farm Watercolor Clipart Pack
High-resolution, hand-painted rustic autumn farm elements for storybook illustrations, seasonal journals and planners.
$57 valueFree todayBonus · Autumn Prelude Seamless Paper Collection
Seamless, repeating autumn digital papers and textures — for paperback cover backgrounds, planner dividers and activity-book borders.
$47 valueFree todayBonus · Cute Autumn Puppies Illustration Kit
Cozy autumn-themed puppy graphics for kids’ coloring books, activity books and homeschool printables.
$43 valueFree today
Bonuses carry a full commercial-use license — use them in the books you publish and keep the royalties. Dollar values are illustrative; the asset files themselves are not licensed for reselling or redistribution.
Total real-world value
Core report + $147 in bonuses — yours today for one payment.
$425$17
WarriorPlus launch offer
Greenlight Publish Starter
One-time payment. No subscription.
10 readiness Scans a month
Included today
Core 4-module readiness score
Exact KDP AI-content declaration
AI Creation Log & Disclosure Prep GPT bonus
KDP Rights & Source Ledger GPT bonus
Always scored on current KDP policy
Scores manuscripts in 6 languages
File parsed in your browser, never stored
Worst-first fix list with evidence
Plus the 3-pack Autumn Asset Vault ($147 value) — see the value stack
Get Starter · one-time $17Refunds are handled through WarriorPlus under the terms shown on the offer page. Plan limits may change for future purchases.
Your monthly readiness-scan allowance refreshes on your purchase date each month, without another payment. Refunds are handled through WarriorPlus under the terms shown on the offer page. Licensed to one user.
The person behind the tool
Built by someone who publishes, not a faceless SaaS team.
I build Greenlight Publish as one person, not a faceless SaaS team. It started as my own pre-upload checklist — which AI-disclosure box to tick, whether a title collides with a live trademark, and the exact print numbers Amazon measures — because getting any of them wrong can put an account at risk, not just bounce an upload.
So the tool only claims what it can actually check, every limit is written down, and when you email support it reaches me. No subscription traps, no borrowed logos, no promises about your sales — just the readiness read I wanted before I hit publish.
Buyer guide
The details worth knowing before you buy.
Straight answers about what is scanned, what leaves your browser and where the current product limits are.
Ask us before you buyThe scan
01What you get
One report, four checks, one final verdict
Disclosure guidance
Trademark evidence
Originality signals
What does the readiness score actually check?
Four things that get KDP submissions blocked: AI-content disclosure (which checkbox to tick), trademark risk against live USPTO records, originality signals, and print readiness (page size, bleed, margins, DPI, fonts).
Why not just ask ChatGPT if my book is KDP-compliant?
Because a chatbot answers from frozen training data and cannot tell you when Amazon last moved the goalposts. Every report here is stamped with the KDP policy version it was scored against, and when that version changes, the affected reports get flagged for a re-scan. You can see the current version and its changelog inside the app before you upload anything.
Do you run an AI detector on my manuscript?
No, and that is deliberate. Detectors guess, and Amazon does not ask for a detector score — it asks how the book was made. Your declaration is worked out by a rule engine from your 7 answers against the current KDP policy version, so the same answers always give the same result. A stylometric cross-check only raises a flag when the text disagrees with a "no AI involved" declaration; it never picks the checkbox for you.
How long does a scan take?
Usually under two minutes from upload to score. The report opens as soon as scoring finishes and stays in your history, ready to re-open whenever you need it.
How is this different from Grammarly or a plagiarism checker?
Those judge your writing. This judges your submission. Grammar tools will not tell you which AI-content box to tick, will not check your series name against live USPTO records, and will not measure the bleed on your paperback interior.
How many scans do I get?
Starter includes 10 readiness Scans every month, each one a complete four-module report with the exact KDP declaration and a worst-first fix list. The allowance refreshes automatically every month.
Files & privacy
02What stays private
Your manuscript is parsed in-browser before scoring
No manuscript copy stored
Only extracted text is scored
Nothing is reported to Amazon
What file types can I upload?
DOCX, PDF, EPUB and plain text. Files are parsed in your browser — only the extracted text is sent for scoring, and the manuscript itself is never stored on our servers.
Is my manuscript safe? Do you keep a copy?
No copy is kept. Parsing happens in your browser and only extracted text is sent for scoring — there is no column in our database that holds your manuscript. Nothing you answer in the questionnaire is reported to Amazon either; the answers exist only to work out your declaration.
Does this work for low-content books — planners, journals, workbooks?
That is exactly where the print module earns its keep. Trim size, bleed, page count, image DPI and embedded fonts are measured straight out of your PDF, sampled pages are flagged when text sits inside the minimum margin, and you are told the gutter your page count needs. Those are the numbers that bounce a finished interior file after the design work is already paid for.
I did not use AI at all. Is this still for me?
Yes, and the declaration still matters: answering the KDP AI question wrongly in either direction is the risk. You also get the trademark screen on your title and series, the originality signals, and the print-spec check — none of which care whether AI was involved.
My book is not in English. Will it still be scored?
Manuscripts are scored in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese. The app interface is available in the same six languages.
Plans & access
03What buying means
One-time purchase with a visible monthly refresh date
Starter includes 10 scans monthly
No recurring subscription bill
Refunds handled through WarriorPlus
Do I have to pay again next month?
No. Starter is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. "One-time" means you pay once and your monthly readiness-scan allowance keeps refreshing without another payment while the product is offered and operated — it resets on your purchase date each month, and the app shows you the exact date.
What is the refund policy?
Refunds are handled through WarriorPlus under the terms shown on the offer page at the time of purchase. Open a refund request from your WarriorPlus purchases page, or contact us and we'll help.
Clear scope
A readiness signal, not a promise from Amazon.
These boundaries are part of the product, not fine print hidden after checkout. Please read them before you choose a plan.
Scope 01
Not affiliated with Amazon
Greenlight Publish is an independent tool. It is not endorsed by, sponsored by or affiliated with Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing or any Amazon company. "Amazon", "Kindle" and "KDP" are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to describe what the tool checks.
Scope 02
Not legal advice
Trademark screening, AI-disclosure guidance and originality signals are educational information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm and no attorney–client relationship is created. For a decision with legal consequences — a trademark conflict, a copyright question — talk to a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction.
Scope 03
No guarantee of approval
A high readiness score means your manuscript passed our checks against the KDP policy version shown on the report. It is not a promise that Amazon will approve, publish or keep your book live. Amazon applies its own review, changes its rules without notice, and its decision is always final.
Scope 04
No income or results claims
Nothing on this page is a promise of sales, rankings or royalties. Any figures or examples shown are illustrative. What you get out of the tool depends on your manuscript, your niche and your own publishing work — results vary from author to author.
Scope 05
Third-party data has limits
USPTO records, protected-brand lists and plagiarism results may rely on third-party sources that update on their own schedule and may be incomplete or out of date. We surface the evidence we find; we cannot guarantee every match is caught.
Scope 06
One-time purchase, one user
Each plan is a one-time purchase for a single user, with the monthly allowances listed above, and it runs for as long as the product is offered and operated — the lifetime of the product, not a guarantee of perpetual service. "Unlimited" covers normal single-user publishing work, not automated bulk scanning, resale or shared access. Refunds are handled by WarriorPlus under the terms shown on the offer page at the time of purchase. Plan limits and included features may change for new purchases.
To the extent permitted by law, Greenlight Publish is provided “as is” and we are not liable for publishing decisions, lost royalties or account actions taken by Amazon. Questions about any of the above? Contact support.
Before your next KDP upload
One last check. A clearer publishing decision.
Run the readiness report before upload. See what needs attention, why it was flagged and what to do next — against the KDP policy version shown on the report.
One-time $17Starter: 10 scans/monthNo subscription
What happens next
- 01
Upload and answer
Add the manuscript and describe how its text, images and translation were made.
- 02
Fix the highest-risk findings
Work through the ordered evidence and instructions before you submit.
- 03
Keep the record
Return to the report later and re-scan when the KDP policy version changes.