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KDP Profit Calculator.
Paperback and ebook royalty per copy, plus the breakeven units to recover your editing and cover spend. The math KDP doesn't show you upfront.
INPUTSPAPERBACK + EBOOK
PAPERBACK
What customers pay on Amazon for the paperback. Most non-fiction lands $14.99–$24.99; market research books push higher.
$
Final interior page count after typesetting (front matter + body + index). KDP charges per page above 108 pages B&W or 40 pages premium color.
PAGES
EBOOK
Kindle store price. Stay in $2.99–$9.99 to qualify for the 70% royalty plan; outside that band royalties drop to 35%.
$
Final .mobi / .epub file size after upload. Most non-fiction ebooks are 1–3 MB. Amazon deducts $0.15 per MB from the 70% royalty as a delivery fee.
MB
PRODUCTION SPEND
Total you paid (or plan to pay) for editing + cover design + interior formatting + any illustrations. Used to compute breakeven units.
$
RESULT · ROYALTIESPER COPY
PAPERBACK ROYALTY
$6.81
Print: $3.64 · 60% of (list − print)
EBOOK ROYALTY
$3.39
70% plan · $0.15/MB delivery
514
BE · PAPERBACK
1,034
BE · EBOOK
687
BE · BLENDED
WHAT THIS MEANS
On a 50/50 paperback/ebook mix, you need to sell 687 copies to recoup $3,500 in production. The paperback breakeven is more sensitive to page count and color than to list price — keep the interior tight.
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The launch sequence behind The AI Entrepreneur.
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