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Amazon only pays $17 out of $50, since when? I thought the common knowledge was Amazon pays 70% the full retail price to the authors of e-books.
by JohnsonB 15y ago
Amazon only pays $17 out of $50, since when? I thought the common knowledge was Amazon pays 70% the full retail price to the authors of e-books.
- bennesvig 15y agoI think royalties drop back down once the price hits above a ceiling price. The floor for 70% is $2.99. Not sure at what point it drops back down to 35%.
- skottk 15y agoIt drops back down to 35% at $9.99. Here's the pricing table from the Kindle Direct site: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A301WJ6XCJ8KW0 https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A301WJ6X...
- halostatue 15y ago$17/$50 is roughly the 35% royalty rate. KDP offers both a 35% and a 70% (less delivery at about $0.15/mb in rounded kb increments) royalty rate[1]; however, the 70% royalty rate is only available in about 14 countries and you fall back to the 35% royalty rate elsewise. [1] https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A29FL26OKE7R7B https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A29FL26O... [2] https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A30F3VI2TH1FR8#1-2_why_35 https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A30F3VI2...
- cstross 15y agoYou have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get 70% out of of Amazon. In particular, you give up all pricing control -- not only do you have to agree to a ceiling and floor price, but you have to agree not to sell for a lower or higher price elsewhere, and to allow Amazon to change their selling price at will. Which means if AMZN decide your book would make a really cool free promotional item, they can give away some tens of thousands of copies to draw customers in and pay you bupkis. Your book gets to be a loss-leader, and you're the loser.