Niche HoundKDP Royalty Calculator
See what you earn per sale on Amazon.com for a Kindle eBook, paperback or hardcover. Printing and delivery costs are included, using KDP’s current rules. Free, with no sign-up.
Enter a list price and page count to see your royalty.
Amazon.com (US) sales only. Kindle Unlimited page reads are paid separately; estimate them with the Kindle Unlimited calculator below. Everything is worked out in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Kindle Unlimited page-read calculator (KENP)
Books in KDP Select also earn from Kindle Unlimited, where you’re paid for pages read instead of per sale. Enter your pages read, or your book’s length in KENP and how many readers finish it, to estimate what you’d earn.
Enter pages read, or a book length and full reads, to see your Kindle Unlimited earnings.
The rate starts at July 2026’s figure, the latest published when this page was checked in September 2026. Change it to try other months.
How Kindle Unlimited pays
- There’s no fixed rate. Each month Amazon sets the size of the KDP Select Global Fund and shares it by pages read: fund ÷ all pages read that month = the rate per page.
- Paid a month later. KDP announces the fund for the previous month around the 15th, which is when page-read earnings for that month are known.
- First reads only, up to 3,000 pages. You’re paid for pages a customer reads the first time, and for at most 3,000 KENP per customer per book.
- KENP isn’t your print page count. Amazon measures pages in a standard format (Kindle Edition Normalized Pages), so a book’s KENP length can differ from its paperback.
| Month | Rate per page read | 1,000 pages read |
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Amazon doesn’t list the per-page rate itself. These monthly rates are as reported by Written Word Media, worked out from the fund Amazon announces. Your KDP reports show your actual earnings.
How many copies will it sell? Estimate monthly sales from any book’s rank with the free Amazon sales rank calculator, or let Niche Hound show sales and royalty estimates under every book on Amazon search pages.
Add to Chrome – it’s freeKDP royalty rates at a glance
| Format | Royalty | What comes off |
|---|---|---|
| Kindle eBook, 70% option | 70% for list prices from $2.99 to $12.99 | Delivery cost: $0.15 per MB |
| Kindle eBook, 35% option | 35% for list prices from $0.99 to $200 (minimum depends on file size) | Nothing |
| Paperback and hardcover | 60% for list prices of $9.99 or more; 50% for $9.98 or less | Printing cost |
| Paperback, Expanded Distribution | 40% of list price | Printing cost |
How the royalty is worked out
Paperbacks and hardcovers: royalty rate × list price − printing cost. Printing cost depends on the page count, ink, paper and trim size.
Kindle eBooks on the 70% option: 70% × (list price − delivery cost). Delivery costs $0.15 per MB, with a minimum of $0.01. On the 35% option there’s no delivery cost.
Printing costs on Amazon.com
Fixed cost per book plus a cost per page. Large trim means wider than 6.12″ or taller than 9″.
| Format and ink | Pages | Regular trim | Large trim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback, black ink | 24–110 | $2.30 | $2.84 |
| Paperback, black ink | 111–828 | $1.00 + $0.012/page | $1.00 + $0.017/page |
| Paperback, black ink, groundwood paper | 24–112 | $2.23 | $2.75 |
| Paperback, black ink, groundwood paper | 114–828 | $1.00 + $0.0114/page | $1.00 + $0.0162/page |
| Paperback, standard color | 72–600 | $1.00 + $0.0255/page | $1.00 + $0.0402/page |
| Paperback, premium color | 24–40 | $3.60 | $4.20 |
| Paperback, premium color | 42–828 | $1.00 + $0.065/page | $1.00 + $0.08/page |
| Hardcover, black ink | 75–108 | $6.80 | $7.49 |
| Hardcover, black ink | 110–550 | $5.65 + $0.012/page | $5.65 + $0.017/page |
| Hardcover, premium color | 75–550 | $5.65 + $0.065/page | $5.65 + $0.08/page |
Tips for pricing
- Watch the $9.99 line for print. Paperbacks and hardcovers priced at $9.98 or less earn 50% instead of 60%, so a small price rise can add more than it looks.
- Mind the eBook 70% band. Outside $2.99–$12.99 an eBook drops to 35%, which usually earns far less per sale.
- Big eBook files cost more to deliver. Image-heavy books can lose a noticeable share of the 70% royalty to delivery costs.
- Check before you publish. KDP’s own pricing page shows the final royalty for your exact file and trim, and rules can change.
Rules as published on KDP’s help pages for Amazon.com, checked September 2026. Figures are for guidance; your KDP dashboard is the final word. Niche Hound is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Amazon. Amazon, Kindle and KDP are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.