I already have my suspicions. I'm waiting to gain access back to book info. Right now it's locked. I'm planning on just deleting all words that could be construed as sexual when I gain access back to KDP--probably will just do it anyway for fear of it returning back whenever I update the book, even if customer service can delete the category.

We had a thread about keywords. You can see how focused I get on keywords, I have no idea what I entered. But here's another area we need to be careful about there.

Well, I figured it out the delay... sort of. The book's been catalogued as Fantasy Erotica. Why? Who knows.

I emailed them to see what's going on and to change the category to avoid reader dissatisfaction--readers expecting erotica are sure going to be disappointed. Irony is, this book has the lowest heat levels of all my books in series.

I can't rummage through my keywords again because, for some reason, the book is still in "updating" 

We talk of AI all the time. Ever notice how we're already at the mercy of computer bots in the largest ebook selling retailer in the world?

I love Dolly. She's done so much for her old stomping grounds and for children in particular. I drove through Pigeon Forge when it was just a dot on a map outside Gatlinburg and since then she's turned it into a destination. People now have jobs, free books, and hope. Nice going, Dolly.

I put up a book for pre-order with only the cover and no ms., and Amazon confirmed it within about three hours. Neither slow nor fast.

Of late, the confirmations of buying a book have arrived fairly late, even when the book itself loaded on my Kindle promptly.

I think this calls for a 

First in series always take longer.

But not that long usually.

But I've noticed the pre-order lock down gap got a little longer a while ago as well.

My guess is Amazon are playing around with more extensive tests of what gets uploaded, and some of them are taking too long.

It's also possible so many people are answering no to AI, but the submission is obviously AI, that Amazon has had to up it's detection abilities, and that is slowing things down.