This is because the Mobi files we mere mortals create contain a few versions of our book rolled into a single file. Note the “file size after conversion” is much smaller (0.64 MB) than the file we uploaded. The file size of the Mobi (Kindle) we uploaded is 3.421 MB, so if you were to multiply this by $0.15, the delivery cost is $0.51, right? Not so fast-Amazon’s official Kindle pricing calculator says the delivery cost is $0.10. (In KDP, after listing your eBook, the final screen is the pricing page.)įor example, our client’s novel, Trials and Trails is 95,000 words. The most reliable and precise way to calculate the Kindle delivery fee is to upload your file to KDP’s pricing page and see what the tool says. You can do a rough estimate by multiplying the delivery fee times your file’s size, but that will not be accurate. There is no delivery fee for books priced below $2.99 or above $9.99. There is a minimum charge of $0.01 and delivery fees vary by country. Calculating Kindle eBook delivery costsĪmazon charges $0.15 per megabyte (MB)-the file size of your Kindle eBook-for each book sold priced between $2.99 and $9.99. This is in addition to the sales commission you pay Amazon for each sale. The KDP self-publishing portal is unique among all eBook selling platforms because it often charges a delivery fee to send books to buyers.
#Amazon ebook publishing how to#
Also see our guide for how to decide what to charge for your book in Part 2: How Much to Charge When Pricing a Self-Published Book to Sell on Amazon Kindle eBooks
See the list of resources at the bottom of this post for more details.) (Note that Amazon’s other book-selling platforms, Amazon Advantage and SellerCentral/Marketplace, have different cost structures. This article looks in detail at the formats sold and supported using KDP: Kindle eBooks, and print-on-demand paperbacks produced using KDP Print.
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