Amazon Ebook Royalty Rates

When you have a print book.

Amazon ebook royalty rates. Amazon and your kdp pricing page where you enter your book s price is the final word. This is the percent of the book s list price that the publisher or you if self publishing will receive if an ebook is sold through the following vendors. Not all ebooks are eligible for a 70 royalty.

If your ebook is heavily illustrated or fixed layout we may advise you to opt for 35 royalty and not 70 even if your ebook is priced within the 70 royalty rate bracket 2 99 1 99 9 99 9 99. In all others you get 35. 0 85 fixed cost 300 page count 0 012 per page cost 4 45 printing cost.

If your digital book is eligible to earn the 70 royalty rate based on sales of the digital book at the list price the same 70 royalty rate will apply in calculating royalties based on sales of your digital book at a promotional list price set under the kindle matchbook program retired or the kindle countdown deals program. Subtract 1 50 from your royalty if your ebook is 10mb you won t get 70 in all territories. When your ebook is available in competing stores.

The price for delivery to u s. When i selected the 70 royalty rate on a 5 99 list price the royalty calculated to 3 64. Amazon will price match those prices and your royalty will change accordingly.

5 99 list price 0 79 delivery fee 5 20. Amazon is the only ebook retailer that charges publishers a fee to deliver their ebooks to buyers. So in my example i m actually getting 70 of 5 20.

Amazon s sales commission is based on your royalty rate. For the 70 calculation amazon takes your list price and deducts the delivery charge and then calculates 70 of this adjusted net amount. Buyers is 0 15 per megabyte.