Answers.Body: <p>Paperback and ebook are two different items, as far as KDP is concerned. I have published some paper book without the Kindle version (which is free on my site) and nobody ever complained.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Has Amazon spelled out the policy anywhere? Many years ago, Amazon manually checked that one of my ebooks was available on some pirate sites and refused to list it. I do not remember if it was ebook or paperback. I think at that time they had only ebooks in self-publishing option.
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Answers.Text: I never published my ebooks on Amazon (I am not sure if it is possible to set their price at 0), so I am not sure about it. But I do know that they were pressing me to publish also the Kindle version ("Hey! Just give us the manuscript and we automatically convert in azw3 format!") and I did not, so I think having only the paper versions is ok for them. After all, they are print-on-demand so they don't have to stock them.
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Body: <p>I have a computer title as an ebook and a paperback on KDP. Because the book is about an open-source software I have promised to make the ebook free after one year. I can make the epub a free download from my website. My question is whether KDP will allow the ebook to be removed while continuing to sell the paperback.</p>
  
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ThreadText: # Can I make my ebook free while retaining the paperback available on KDP
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-21)
  
  I have a computer title as an ebook and a paperback on KDP. Because the book is about an open-source software I have promised to make the ebook free after one year. I can make the epub a free download from my website. My question is whether KDP will allow the ebook to be removed while continuing to sell the paperback.
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Paperback and ebook are two different items, as far as KDP is concerned. I have published some paper book without the Kindle version (which is free on my site) and nobody ever complained.
  
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  > **username_0**: Has Amazon spelled out the policy anywhere? Many years ago, Amazon manually checked that one of my ebooks was available on some pirate sites and refused to list it. I do not remember if it was ebook or paperback. I think at that time they had only ebooks in self-publishing option.  
  > **username_1**: I never published my ebooks on Amazon (I am not sure if it is possible to set their price at 0), so I am not sure about it. But I do know that they were pressing me to publish also the Kindle version ("Hey! Just give us the manuscript and we automatically convert in azw3 format!") and I did not, so I think having only the paper versions is ok for them. After all, they are print-on-demand so they don't have to stock them.  
  
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