Amazon US to Add Selling Restrictions for Textbook ASINs
Starting September 17, 2026, certain textbook ASINs on Amazon US will require additional approval. Sellers can check affected products in the relevant Seller Central page.
What are the key facts?
- 1New selling restrictions for textbook ASINs on Amazon US take effect September 17, 2026
- 2Some newly restricted textbook ASINs will require additional approval
- 3Affected products can be viewed on Seller Central’s **Fix Your Products** page
- 4Some ASINs may not fully display approval requirements until after the effective date
What happened?
An official moderator response recently appeared on the Amazon seller forums regarding new selling restrictions for textbook products on Amazon US. According to the response, Amazon had previously notified some sellers that a group of newly restricted textbook ASINs would require additional approval starting September 17, 2026. Sellers can view affected products on the Fix Your Products page in Seller Central. The change mainly covers textbooks, educational materials, academic publications, and related used books. Third-party sellers that rely on continuously listing old ASINs but have not prepared purchase records or authorization documents may be affected. Amazon also said that some ASINs may not fully display the Approval Required status until after the effective date, so sellers need to recheck inventory, listing status, and approval entry points. If products are subject to selling restrictions, their listings, inventory sales, advertising, and peak-season stocking plans may also be affected.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Some textbook, educational-material, academic-publication, and related used-book ASINs on Amazon US will face new selling restrictions, potentially affecting listing availability, advertising, and inventory sales. Sellers should not rely solely on page status before the effective date and should also monitor **Approval Required** requirements that may appear fully only after September 17, 2026.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, log in to Amazon US Seller Central, go to **Fix Your Products** to screen textbook, educational-material, and used-book ASINs, export the affected list, mark each approval status, and complete a full review.Listing character checker
- 2For each Amazon US textbook ASIN on the list, organize purchase records, authorization documents, and inventory records into an ASIN-specific approval materials file, ensuring that every restricted product has documents ready for submission.Procurement List
- 3Before September 17, 2026, recheck the listing status, advertising, and inventory plans for affected ASINs. Pause additional stocking for listings whose approval status cannot be confirmed, and create a record of abnormal ASINs and handling decisions.