Amazon Kdp Royalty Calculator

I created this kindle royalty calculator because there was no quick and easy way to check potential royalties or compare both amazon programs side by side.

Amazon kdp royalty calculator. Even more so when these estimates are based on the book s rank a relative number by definition. Even if you choose 70 there are some countries where you get 35. Its intentions are not to undermine amazon in any way but to instead help authors understand the connection between amazon s best sellers rank number and kindle ebooks sold per day.

It ensures that your royalties earned are always enough to cover the cost to print your book. No kindle sales calculator is accurate not even mine for a very simple reason. This example is based on 60 paperback royalty and 274 pages.

The decision here has no impact on print books. The royalty payments depend on the country and whether or not you participate in kdp select. Kdp will not allow you to enter a list price lower than the minimum threshold.

Now that you have the cost to manufacture your printed book you can compute the sales commission. Kdp offers a fixed 60 royalty rate on paperbacks sold on amazon marketplaces where kdp supports paperback distribution. Amazon does not share its sales data so it is simply impossible to produce correct estimates.

Also on this same page you ll find a download button for the kdp print cost calculator available as an excel worksheet. We multiply the number of kenp pages read entered above by the latest available us marketplace kenp rate to estimate your estimated earnings. Printing cost 60 royalty rate minimum list price.

We then subtract printing costs which depend on page count ink type and the amazon marketplace your paperback was ordered from. This kenp read calculator converts your pages read count on kindle unlimited into royalty dollars. Your royalty is 60 of your list price.