KDP Royalty Calculator

Amazon KDP pays Kindle authors 35% or 70% of the list price and paperback authors a rate minus printing costs. This free calculator applies KDP's own Amazon.com rates and formulas, so you can see what each price and page count earns per sale.

List price on Amazon.com (US dollars)Ebook file size (MB)Delivery cost per sale (US dollars)KDP states delivery costs average $0.06 per unit and vary by file size; your book's exact figure is shown in KDP's pricing dialog. Edit it there if you know it.

Ebook royalty per sale

35% option: $1.75
70% option (minus delivery)Inside the 70% band: $3.43
Delivery cost deducted: $0.06

The 70% option pays more at this price.

KDP's minimum list price for a 2 MB file is $0.99.

Sales totals

Copies sold

$343.30 royalty over 100 sales

Royalties are calculated on the list price without VAT. Amazon.com rates as KDP's help pages state them, fetched 8 October 2026; KDP changes prices and terms, so check your own pricing dialog before relying on a figure.

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The calculator covers the arithmetic; the decisions around it live in the guides:

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