KDP Pricing & Royalties

KDP pricing decides how much of each sale you actually keep, and the rules are full of cliffs. The jump from the 35% to the 70% royalty band, print costs that eat paperback margins, and the KENP rate behind page reads all mean the "right" price is a calculation, not a gut feeling.

These guides cover the best price for an ebook, how to price for maximum royalties, the 35% versus 70% decision, hardcover and paperback math, print costs, price matching, and how KENP earnings work. Get the band and the print math right and you can raise your take-home without selling a single extra copy.

Price changes ripple straight into earnings, so it's worth modeling before you commit. Our revenue estimator turns a price and a rank into an estimated monthly royalty so you can compare options side by side.