AMAZON Kindle Direct Publishing KDP

By the end of this write up, you should know everything about Amazon Kindle direct publishing (KDP).
This article trashes out the A-Z of Amazon kdp, so relax and read through the lines carefully as this article will help you get better experience on how to make money with Amazon kdp.

What is Amazon Kindle direct publishing (KDP)?

As it has been discussed in out previous article about affiliate marketing, that when it comes to becoming an affiliate, Amazon is one of the affiliate programs you can join. Though we can't actually say that Amazon kdp is an affiliate program, why, because affiliating is promoting other people's products and gets commissions for promotions converted to sales. But in Amazon kdp, people who love writing either in paper sheet or ebook are given opportunity by Amazon to publish their books on it's website there by reaching millions of Amazon ebook readers and the money the author of these books earn  depends on the number of reach, read, and purchase the book gets, so it's quite different from affiliate marketing because in this program, you are publishing, promoting and selling your own book and not others.

With kdp, you can publish your own e-book for paperback on Amazon for free, by doing this, your e-book will be available to millions of Amazon shoppers that users Kindle readers. You can as well offer your customers a physical paperback copy of your book with Amazon's free print-on-demand service.

In Amazon kdp, authors can publish their e-book and paperback book without any cost or inventory orders and this author still has the full right to their books, after publishing, it will be listed for sale all for FREE until you make a sale.

In addition, in Amazon kdp, you don't just publish your e-book alone, you can also publish a paperback or both, Amazon will print your e-book and ship it out to your customers for you without purchasing any inventory ahead.

When discussing about the revenue an author gets, Amazon shares certain portion of the author's revenue on each sales the book gets, depending on the royalty option the author ( you) chosed and how large is your e-book file is, this is explain in this article.....

Another interesting part is that, with one account on Amazon kdp, you can publish as many e-book or paperback books, even under different pen names and categories, and if you as an author will like to have some hard copy of your book on hand to sell or gift your friends, you can place a wholesale book other within your kdp account. That sounds interesting right?

These books will be printed by Amazon depending on the number of copies you ordered and then the books will be shipped to you, but a printing cost for each book must be paid.

Will my book rank on the Kindle store just like amazon.com ?

Yes! Infact, as a small and upcoming author, you will have the same opportunity as the better-known and popular popular author to rise in rank and make a lot of sales. You'll also have access to millions of Kindle direct users, provided you own the right to your book in the territories it's sold.

What kind of book is acceptable by Amazon kdp?

Content typically publish using kdp according to the kdp help page include:
Poetry
Textbook
Novels
Book series
Children books
Comics
Journals

Kdp is not limited to the above listed categories alone, theirs also numerous categories of ebooks that can be published on kdp.

KDP Royalties

Kdp royalties is the form of revenue a publisher gets when making sales per e-book, when you publish e-book kdp, in you will be paid in royalties because both you and Amazon receive a percentage of the revenue...

Generally there are two royalty rate by kdp to choose from 35% and 70%, looking at the range, you'll want to go with the 70% isn't it? But to qualify for the 70% royalty rate, you must meet certain criteria.

1. Your e-book must be between $2.99 and $9.99

2. A "delivery fee" is needed to be paid for each purchase, depending on your ebook file size.
Normally, Amazon charges $0.15 per megabyte for each book sold between $2.99 and $9.99, you don't have to be afraid if your e-book file size is large because Amazon compresses e-book files, so you fee may not be as high as you think.

3. When thinking of selling physical copies, the ebook price must be at least 20% below the paperback's list price.

4. To be eligible for the 70% royalty rate on sales to customers in Mexico, India, Japan, and Brazil, your e-book must be enrolled in kdp select.

5. You must own the copyright to the book. If the book is public domain, you can not receive a 70% royalty.

Requirements for the 35% royalty rate option

1. You will only receive a 35% royalty if your e-book is prizes below $2.99 or above $9.99

2. Paying a delivery fee is not necessary when choosithis option.

3. Large books such as text book, cookbooks, or picture books with big file sizes is good for the 35% royalty rate option.

Here is an illustration.....

For 35% royalty rate option

Books less than 3MB
Minimum list price $0.99, maximum list price $200.00
Books with 3MB to 10MB
Minimum list price $1.99, Maximum list price $200.00
Books with over 10MB
Minimum list price $2.99 Maximum list price $200.00

For 70% Royalty rate
Minimum list price $2.99, maximum list price $9.99

Paperback Royalties

In paperback book, the royalty structure is different.
On paperbacks sold on Amazon, kdp offers a fixed 60% royalty rate. The printing price is then subtracted from your royalty by Amazon depending on the page count, ink type, and the Amazon market place your paperback was ordered from.

To figure out how much you will be paid for your paperback book, here is an equation to illustrate:
(Royalty rate X List price) -- printing cost = royalty

Let's say your list price is $15 and your book is 333-page paperback with black ink sold on the US market place:
(0.60 X $15) -- $4.85 = $5.15
The $4.15 is the royalty rate paid for that sale.

Can I Advertise my Book on Amazon kdp?

Yes! There are lots of cool Marketing tools by Amazon to get your books right in front of your potential customers, Amazon advertising is one of them.
You should be familiar with the sponsored product ads, as a type of Amazon pay-per-click advertising PPC.

In this system, you set up an ad campaign in which you target specific keywords relevant to your book. When a customer searches for this keywords on Amazon,  your ad will appear within the searched results

Kdp select is another proven way your e-book can get noticed on Amazon. Though this method is optional, and only eligible for ebooks not paperbacks. Authors and publishers are eligible to enroll thier Kindle books in kdp select regardless of where they live.

Enrolling for kdp makes your Kindle book eligible for the 70% royalty earnings on sales to customers from Brazil, India, Japan, and Mexico,

NOTE: you must enroll for kdp to enjoy this benefit, if not, your royalty will be 35% for these countries.

Publishers also have access to placing both the regular price and the promotional price, aloniwith a count down clock for the discount, that is if the publisher wants to run a promotion for books publishsed

You can read more in the Amazon kdp help page.

How to Sign up for Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (kdp) account.

Signing up an account with kdp is very simple and easy.

First, go to Kindle direct publishing website, and click sign up.

After you fill in the form provided by Amazon kdp, you can begin uploading your books.

To upload your book "create a new title" and choose Kindle ebook or paperback.

Fill in the I formation about your ebook, informations such as title, edition, author, description, publishing, right, and keywords.

Next, upload your manuscript, e-book preview and an "optional" e-book ISBN

you can now go ahead and place price on your ebook, you will choose if you'll enroll in kdp select, select the territories where you want to list your book, and select your royalty rate and price.

Under "royalty and pricing", you can decide to choose the 35% or the 70% plan. Your royalty will be shown to you by Amazon based on your list price.

Your e-book is ready for publishing.... So simple, your ebook or paperback will be available for sale on Amazon.

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