Mythobeast
just some guy, you know?
Hey, all. Thought you might want to know that I pushed my first book through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. There were a lot of you curious about how the experience worked out for me, so I figured I'd let you know what I discovered.
The plan was always to nearly give away the first novel to encourage people to read the rest of them, and that's the way it's working out. The way KDP works is that they take 40%, but that's 40% gross, not net. They also take the $6.51 it takes to print each book, so the 11.99 print price breaks down like this:
Good thing I'm not in this to make money.
That 40% pays for nothing except listing it on the Amazon platform. If I wanted them to add it to their distribution channels, I'd have to give them 60%, and then (I think) give up the right to distribute it through any other channels.
Update: The book is not findable through Amazon's search, so here's a link through the Litopia Marketplace: The Thaumechanical Man
The plan was always to nearly give away the first novel to encourage people to read the rest of them, and that's the way it's working out. The way KDP works is that they take 40%, but that's 40% gross, not net. They also take the $6.51 it takes to print each book, so the 11.99 print price breaks down like this:
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Sale price, US$ 11.99
Their cut: 4.80
My cut: 7.19
Printing cost: 6.51
My net: 0.68Good thing I'm not in this to make money.
That 40% pays for nothing except listing it on the Amazon platform. If I wanted them to add it to their distribution channels, I'd have to give them 60%, and then (I think) give up the right to distribute it through any other channels.
Update: The book is not findable through Amazon's search, so here's a link through the Litopia Marketplace: The Thaumechanical Man
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