So what are the costs associated with publishing on Amazon? And how much do authors earn when they sell their book through KDP? What about the payment schedule? It is free to publish a book on Amazon KDP. It does not cost authors anything directly. However, if you are selling paperback books on Amazon, the cost to print the book will be deducted by Amazon from your book royalties. This means that when you sell a paperback book, you will essentially pay for the price to print the book.
Aside from being free to publish on KDP, self-published authors typically spend money on author services to prepare their book for publishing. This includes services such as book cover design, formatting, editing, and marketing fees. Related: Self-Publishing Costs. There are two royalty fees to consider: the eBook royalty rates, and the paperback royalty rates. To see specific requirements of each, click here.
Kindle Direct Publishing will pay your royalties to you every month, approximately 60 days after the end of the month that your royalties were earned.
However, a caveat to this is that your payment amount must meet a minimum threshold before it is paid out. You can choose to be paid out through several options including direct deposit, wire transfer, or check. Related: Amazon Kindle Unlimited. KDP Select enrollment lasts for 90 days, which allows authors the option to auto-renew enrollment in KDP Select for another 90 days, or opt out.
Formatting your book in Word for Kindle is really easy. You can only apply formatting as per the technical requirements of the Kindle device, which is specified by KDP itself. And to be honest, these are not complex in any way whatsoever. When I say formatting for the Kindle is technical , I mean there are specific ways that you can do certain things and there are features you cannot use. For example, you cannot have text boxes in your eBook file, as also headers and footers are not recognized in the Kindle device.
Otherwise, certain errors or layout issues will occur. Alternatively, you may wish to hire a professional eBook formatter. In addition to formatting your Word file, which includes the text contents of your book, you will also need to create a separate cover image. Amazon has introduced the Kindle Create tool , and the information for using this tool is also included in this guide. Using Kindle Create, you can check your Word file, add special features, etc. If there are issues with your Word file when you preview it in Kindle Create, you will have to make the changes in Word, and then preview it Kindle Create again.
Pay attention to the following points if you have already applied any character or text styles to your Word file. This optimizes fonts, line spacing, margins, etc. An important step in publishing your book file to KDP is making sure you have all the necessary front and back matter formatted for your book.
Your title page text will be centered with the title of your book , the author name below, and a page break inserted below the author name. You can include your copyright notice on your title page as shown in the above example or you can have a separate copyright page. Avoid long titles, long or uncommon words, and boring, generic language to make your book title more memorable.
Avoid puns, words that sound like other words homonyms or homophones , jargon or complicated words. Your book title should not be poetic or have hidden meanings. It should be repeatable and easily understood! Your book title must be searchable so that potential readers can quickly and easily find it online. Since people buy ebooks online, you need to make sure your book title can rank well in search.
Furthermore, these titles are too generic to be taken seriously. Make sure that if people type in the title of your book in Google or Amazon, they will be able to easily and quickly find your book because your title is searchable. Make sure you ask potential readers who have an interest in books like yours to read it and give you honest feedback about the content, ideas and story.
Many of your best ideas may come from readers! The more feedback you get before you publish your book, the better information you will have, and the better your book will be if you put in the effort to make important updates and tweaks before you publish it. Beta readers can often point out missing information or areas where the writing is unclear or needs adjustment.
Read more about beta readers here. For a detailed look at the editing process of an author who has sold more than 19 million books, see the interview with Steve Berry on editing here. You can find thousands of freelance editors who will provide you with a quote to work on your book at upwork. Check out more editing resources for authors here.
Make sure your book has been professionally proofread. Most authors hire at least two editors — one for developmental editing or higher-level editing, and one for a final proofread just before the book is published. A proofreading edit is usually much less expensive and simply focuses on fixing grammar and spelling mistakes.
Make sure your manuscript is properly formatted for Kindle. See our free video training on how to format your ebook for Kindle in less than an hour or hire someone to format your book for Kindle for you. Check your formatting using the Amazon Kindle Previewer tool before you publish. Finalize your Kindle Book Cover design. I recommend most authors use KDP Select as you will often earn more and save time and money because you will not have to format your eBook for other eBook distributors like Smashwords, iTunes, Nook or Kobo.
Make sure your Account information with Kindle Direct Publishing KDP is completed including your tax information and bank account information so Amazon can pay you royalties on your book sales.
You can create your own Kindle Direct Publishing account for free here. Amazon allows you to write a book description with up to 4, characters about words. You should write a complete, thorough description of your book that gives the reader everything they need to know to decide whether or not to purchase your book.
Select your seven most important keywords for your book and make sure you use them when you upload your book to Kindle. Make sure to separate each keyword or keyword phrase with commas. Select your two primary bestseller categories to list your book in on Amazon.
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