All the details about the Diamond publishing service are on display on this screen, including the publishing agreement which details the 100 %
author royalty payout.
Not exact matches
Recognizing that this could cause consternation when the
royalty reports came out and the numbers didn't match, Amazon sent out an email explaining that for July, at least, all downloads through the KU program would result in
payouts to their
authors.
Adding that she doesn't feel a flat
royalty rate would ultimately work to get
authors a better
payout, Weltz said she would like to see escalators more regularly built into the e-book
royalty rate and has already had success achieving this in the international market.
Amazon Publishing offered higher
royalties than traditionally published
authors were used to receiving, as well as discarded the quarterly -
payouts system of
royalties in favor of the monthly payments that even no - name self - published
authors enjoy.
So
royalties accrue and are paid to
authors from the sale of the first book or ebook, according to agreed to
payout thresholds and periods.
In a brilliant post with some actual explanation behind it, bestselling self - published and hybrid
author Hugh Howey wrote on his blog that he's been hearing the news that Amazon would be decreasing its current 70 %
royalty payout for the last two years.
The first is a collection of over one million stock images that
authors can use for free in order to create their book covers, and the other is an increased
royalty rate and the pending switch to monthly
payouts of those
royalties.
All of these allegations seem to stem from sales that took place leading up to 2004, well before Harlequin established its ebook imprint, Carina Press, a digital publisher that led the way among publishers for offering unheard of
author royalties, doing away with advances in exchange for higher sales
payouts, and a radically new output of titles each month.
The first month of Kindle Unlimited's pay - per - page system for
authors»
royalties has seen the KENP
payout rate (Kindle Edition Normalized Page) set at $ 0.0057 for July, as predicted in early July.
In the past,
authors have seen that
royalties for a KOLL borrow can exceed the payment for a sale, but it's impossible to predict what level of
payouts we will see on Kindle Unlimited, particularly as it's based on such a low percentage (10 %) of total read.
Amazon held steady on the Kindle Unlimited KENP
royalty payout to
authors for November 2015 with a rate of $ 0.0049 per page read.