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KDP royalty calculator
See what you earn per Kindle or paperback sale on Amazon, with the 2026 royalty rates and printing costs.
Format
$
MB
Royalty per sale
$6.89
70% royalty, after $0.15 delivery
Per month
$689
100 sales
Per year
$8,266
Same monthly sales
Updated for the $12.99 Kindle limitKindle and paperbackNo sign-up
Amazon.com rates
KDP royalty rates at a glance
The numbers the calculator uses, straight from KDP's help pages.
| Format | When | You earn |
|---|---|---|
| Kindle ebook | List price $2.99 to $12.99 | 70% of price minus $0.15 per MB delivery |
| Kindle ebook | Below $2.99 or above $12.99 | 35% of price |
| Paperback | List price $9.99 or more | 60% of price minus printing |
| Paperback | List price under $9.99 | 50% of price minus printing |
| Printing, black ink | 24 to 110 pages | $2.30 flat |
| Printing, black ink | 111 to 828 pages | $1.00 + $0.012 a page |
| Printing, standard color | 72 to 600 pages | $1.00 + $0.0255 a page |
It depends on format and price. A 1 MB Kindle ebook at $9.99 earns about $6.89 a sale on the 70% plan (70% of the price after a $0.15 delivery fee). A 200-page black ink paperback at $16.99 earns about $6.79: 60% of the list price minus $3.40 printing.
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