

The most reliable and precise way to calculate the Kindle delivery fee is to upload your file to KDP’s pricing page and see what the tool says. You can do a rough estimate by multiplying the delivery fee times your file’s size, but that will not be accurate. There is no delivery fee for books priced below $2.99 or above $9.99 (the 35% royalty option). There is a minimum charge of $0.01 and delivery fees vary by country. This is in addition to the sales commission you pay Amazon for each sale.Īmazon charges $0.15 per megabyte (MB)-the file size of your Kindle eBook-for each book sold priced between $2.99 and $9.99 assuming you choose the 70% royalty option (see below).

The KDP self-publishing portal is unique among all eBook selling platforms because it often charges a delivery fee to send books to buyers.
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Also see our guide for how to decide what to charge for your book in Part 2: How Much to Charge When Pricing a Self-Published Book to Sell on Amazon See the list of resources at the bottom of this post for more details.) (Note that Amazon’s other book-selling platforms, Amazon Advantage and SellerCentral/Marketplace, have different cost structures. This article looks in detail at the formats sold and supported using KDP: Kindle eBooks, and print-on-demand paperbacks and hardcovers produced using KDP Print.

