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Amazon KDP

Self-publishing for ebooks and paperbacks, paid as a royalty.

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Counts, not a score. 8 of 8 things we look for are published by Amazon KDP. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Free to use: no upfront or listing fee to publish an eBook or print book, and print copies are produced on demand.Free to publish · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.Charged per sale, not per year: on the 70% royalty option delivery costs average $0.06 per unit sold and vary by file size.$0.06 per unit sold · source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.No minimum on direct deposit; wire and cheque payments must reach 100 USD on Amazon.com, 100 EUR in the EU, 10,000 JPY in Japan.100 USD on wire, none on EFT · source · checked 2026-09-07

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.Paid monthly, roughly 60 days after the close of the sale month, and 90 days for Expanded Distribution.About 60 days · source · checked 2026-09-07

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?The author keeps copyright in the book; Amazon's licence to print and distribute is nonexclusive and irrevocable for the term.Author keeps copyright · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.The manuscript can be sold elsewhere under a nonexclusive licence, but no reader list travels: Amazon owns all customer data.Book yes, readers no · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?Assignable without consent only in a sale of all or substantially all of your assets, with written notice within 10 business days.Only in an asset sale · source · checked 2026-09-07

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.Amazon may terminate or suspend the account at any time if it has concerns with it; termination for breach forfeits unpaid royalties.Suspension at any time · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

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