Why was my book blocked, and how do I fix it?

If a book was blocked, it failed Chiify's review — but it is almost always fixable. Blocked books move back to your Drafts with an explanation, and you can resubmit once you have addressed it.

The usual reasons

• Quality below the bar. The automated review scores manuscripts; very low scores (thin, repetitive, or error-filled text) are held back because stores would reject them anyway.
• Placeholder or template text. Leftover "insert title here", lorem ipsum, or KDP-template boilerplate must be removed.
• EPUB problems. Technical errors that retailers reject — see common EPUB errors.
• Rights or policy. Content you do not own, or that breaks our content policy.

How to fix it

1. Open the book in your dashboard and read the reason we provided.
2. Edit the flagged items — clean the text, replace the file, or correct the metadata.
3. Resubmit for review. It goes back through the 24–48 hour queue.

A useful side effect

If a blocked book is wasting one of your upload slots, deleting it frees the slot immediately so you can publish something else.

We are on your side here — the review exists to stop your book from silently failing at a store.

Still need help? Open a ticket from your dashboard or email [email protected] — a real person replies.