When considering a price for an eBook it’s understandable to check out best sellers in the same genre and see what price they are selling for. It makes sense to assume if readers are already paying price x, and it huge numbers, then by that logic it means they will also be willing to pay that price for your book too.

Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is very different. While the big six publishers still release eBooks at the same price as paperbacks, most readers are not willing to spend at that level on an author they are previously unaware of.

Another consideration to take into account is the royalty rate paid at various price points too. While Amazon KDP have a fixed royalty rate of 60% of the list price for paperbacks, the rate does vary when it comes to eBooks.

Here is s basic indicator of royalties.

While it seems a no-brainer to price between $2.99 – $9.99 for Amazon Kindle sales, it is also worth considering for books at the 70% royalty rate there is also a delivery charge 0f $0.15 per MB of the file size of your eBook. There is currently no delivery charge on eBooks in the 35% royalty bracket.

One would think that multiplying the per MB delivery fee by the size of your eBook, then subtracting that from the base royalty rate would give you the total earn per book, but unfortunately it isn’t quite that simple. To get an accurate cost / royalty total you would need to upload your book file to the KDP pricing page and see what numbers are generated on there. Not least because the compressed size of your eBook file will be smaller than the file size you first upload.

Together with our collective experience in the industry we also have an extensive reader database with preferences right across the spectrum of both fiction and non-fiction, so whatever type of book you have written we have a huge and ever-growing audience ready and eager to read.