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Calculate printing cost, royalty, minimum list price and profit per sale for paperback and hardcover — free, no signup.
Min: 24, Max: 828 pages for this print option
14 sizes available for paperback
Estimated min: $4.60 • Max: $250
Current KDP print economics
KDP printing cost depends on format, marketplace, page count, trim class and ink/paper option. Longer books generally use a fixed cost plus a per-page amount, while some shorter configurations use a fixed-only charge.
The calculator uses the selected marketplace's print-cost table instead of converting from a US-only formula. That matters because KDP rates, supported print options and list-price limits differ by marketplace.
Royalty = (royalty rate × list price) − printing cost
For standard Amazon print sales, KDP currently uses a 50% or 60% royalty rate based on list price and marketplace. On Amazon.com, for example, $9.98 and below uses 50%, while $9.99 and above uses 60%. Eligible paperback Expanded Distribution uses 40% minus printing cost.
The result above applies the selected marketplace's threshold and shows the estimated minimum list price before you publish. Always confirm the final amount in KDP title setup because Amazon can revise its rate tables.
Start with the minimum viable list price, then compare several realistic prices against the royalty per sale and the prices readers already accept for genuinely comparable books. The highest royalty per copy is not automatically the price that produces the most total profit.
1. Protect margin
Know printing cost and royalty before choosing the price.
2. Check the market
Compare close substitutes, not unrelated books in the same broad category.
3. Test deliberately
Change one pricing variable at a time and compare actual sales and royalty data.
Source of truth: Amazon KDP's current Paperback Royalty, Hardcover Royalty and Printing Cost guidance. BookBloom is an independent estimator and is not affiliated with Amazon.
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