It has nothing to do with hoarding. There are lots of authors who have published works using something other than Amazon, and for each one that uses Amazon there is a first time they started doing so. Amazon didn't even exist 50 years ago.

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win311fwg 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Tell us you're a software developer without telling us you are software developer. The real world doesn't have to follow strict algorithms. The 50 year old with a long history of publishing books, who now wants to sell those books on Amazon, has provenance to justify his case for exception.

	▲	AnthonyMouse 20 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Amazon is a website that follows strict algorithms. And what "provenance" are you supposed to have that their support staff could verify over the internet? Anybody can set up a website with made up dates on it.
	▲	vidarh 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Good luck trying to get through to a human at Amazon KDP that has any kind of authority to override any kind of system.