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Kindle Direct Publishing pays a royalty. It does not buy the book, and it does not become the author. Ebook, paperback, and hardcover are three listings that should share a series and an author. We set them up in an account you can open.
What the account does
Ebook royalty on KDP is 35 percent or 70 percent. The 70 percent band is a price window, usually $2.99 to $9.99 in the main stores, with delivery costs on that band. Print royalty is the list price minus the print cost, times the percent for the territory. We do that arithmetic before the price goes on the page. A handsome paperback priced under its print cost pays you nothing and can pay you less than nothing.
Each format is its own file and, if you use ISBNs, its own number. The series name, the author, and the description should still match. We do not open the account in our name and promise a transfer later. Transfers are how books get stranded.
Order of the work
What we will not blur
Enrollment makes the ebook exclusive for 90 days. Print can stay wide either way. We ask before we tick the box.
What KDP will accept
A cover that is one pixel short is a rejection. We use the template from the final page count.
Decisions
Account, ebook, print, categories, and a proof. This page. The narrower jobs below are for a file that is already stuck.
A Word file that will not convert, a cover error, a pre-order, or a Select question. Those have their own passes. We will not sell you a full setup to fix a margin.
If you want other ebook shops, do not enroll in Select. If you want bookstores to order print, KDP is not the whole plan. Say so at the start.
House rule
The dashboard is yours. The book stays yours.
Before the account
No. You can publish as yourself. The tax interview still has to match the person who is paid.
Yes. Say what is wrong: the file, the cover, the categories, or a review error. A live paperback that changes page count needs a new cover spine.
You do, into the bank account on the KDP tax interview. We are paid for the work, not a share of sales.
Start with the format
We will say which pass that is. Call (833) 688-4166 or write [email protected].
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