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About the KDP Paperback Royalty Calculator

The Kindle Direct Publishing program is a print-on-demand publishing platform run by Amazon. KDP prints your book on demand and subtracts your printing costs (see below) from your royalties. That means you don't have to pay any costs upfront or carry any inventory. This calculator uses Amazon's KDP printing cost and royalty rules to provide you with a highly accurate estimate of the royalty you could earn from selling a paperback book published through KDP.

Amazon KDP Royalty Structure

Royalty = (List Price * Royalty Rate) - Printing Costs - KDP prints your book on demand and subtracts your printing costs from your royalties. That means you don't have to pay any costs upfront or carry any inventory.

Minimum List Cost = Printing Cost / Royalty Rate

Amazon KDP Paperback Printing Cost - Black Ink (24-108 pages)

Updated: 5/17/21

Region Fixed Cost Per Page Cost
US 2.15 USD per book None
CA 2.82 CAD per book None
UK 1.70 GBP per book None
DE 1.90 EUR per book None
FR 1.90 EUR per book None
IT 1.90 EUR per book None
ES 1.90 EUR per book None
AU 4.49 AUD per book None
JP 400 YEN per book None

Amazon KDP Paperback Printing Cost - Black Ink (109+ pages)

US 0.85 USD per book 0.012 USD per page
CA 1.11 CAD per book 0.016 CAD per page
UK 0.70 GBP per book 0.01 GBP per page
DE .60 EUR per book 0.012 EUR per page
FR .60 EUR per book 0.012 EUR per page
IT .60 EUR per book 0.012 EUR per page
ES .60 EUR per book 0.012 EUR per page
AU 2.17 AUD per book 0.0215 AUD per page
JP 175 YEN per book 2 YEN per page

Amazon KDP Paperback Printing Cost - Color Ink (24-40 pages)

US 3.65 USD per book None
CA 4.78 CAD per book None
UK 2.05 GBP per book None
DE 2.05 GBP per book None
FR 2.40 EUR per book None
IT 2.40 EUR per book None
ES 2.40 EUR per book None
AU 5.05 AUD per book None
JP 475 YEN per book None

Amazon KDP Paperback Printing Cost - Color Ink (41+ pages)

US 0.85 USD per book 0.07 USD per page
CA 1.11 CAD per book 0.09 CAD per page
UK 0.70 GBP per book 0.045 GBP per page
DE .60 EUR per book 0.06 EUR per page
FR .60 EUR per book 0.06 EUR per page
IT .60 EUR per book 0.06 EUR per page
ES .60 EUR per book 0.06 EUR per page
AU 2.17 AUD per book 0.072 AUD per page
JP 175 YEN per book 4 YEN per page

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