Amazon offers a 70 %
royalty option for books sold in France, with payment receivable in Euros, British pounds or US dollars.
If you choose
this Royalty option for your Digital Book, it will apply to sales of your Digital Book to customers in the following Available Sales Territories: Andorra Australia Austria Belgium Brazil * Canada France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey India * Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan * Jersey Liechtenstein Luxembourg Mexico * Monaco The Netherlands New Zealand San Marino Switzerland Spain United Kingdom United States Vatican City Your Royalty on sales to customers outside the Available Sales Territories will be as provided under the 35 % Royalty Option (i.e., at the 35 % Royalty Rate calculated as indicated for that Royalty option).
Books enrolled in KDP Select can receive a 70 % royalty in Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and India, four countries that are excluded from the high -
royalty option for authors who have not enrolled.
More Kindle News From This Past Week — In other Kindle news this week, Amazon released the new Kindle for Android app, are now offering a 70 %
royalty option for Kindle ebooks, added new Kindle Books with Audio and Video, and are working on an ebook previewer that works in web browsers.
Kindle Singles must have list prices between $ 0.99 and $ 4.99, and authors can choose the 70 %
royalty option for their accepted titles, even when the list price is below $ 2.99.
Not exact matches
Options include a donation model, a reward model, a debt model, one that offers
royalties, and finally the newest approach, which allows equity (the purchase of company shares in exchange
for the backing).
Because some of them historically taken on very little debt and have offered increased dividends,
royalty companies may be an attractive
option for precious metals investors.
This notion that corporate consumers are just looking
for «greener»
options is what's behind Dr. Peter Silverstone's proposals
for changing the
royalty rates so that Alberta's oil sands producers have real incentive to make the world's greenest oil (http://greenestoil.ca/blog/).
Mustang has
optioned 100 % of the mineral rights from Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. («Tanco») in return
for a 2 % net smelter
royalty and a commercial right retained by Tanco to purchase products produced from the property.
Despite your dreams of appearing like a
royalty on your big day, dropping thousands upon thousands of dollars is understandably an unrealistic
option for most.
If you choose the 70 %
royalty option on Amazon, you are assessed a transmission fee
for your e-books.
For each Kindle book sold, authors and publishers who choose the new 70 percent
royalty option will receive 70 percent of list price, net of delivery costs.
Nowadays self - publishing authors and hybrid authors (those who self - publish some books and have traditionally published others) have a plethora of
options when it comes to hiring freelancers
for their editing, cover and formatting needs, or working with up front companies that handle design and distribution while the author retains all of their rights and receives
royalties.
``... if you choose the 70 %
Royalty Option, you must further set and adjust your List Price so that it is at least 20 % below the list price in any sales channel
for any physical edition of the Digital Book.»
The ALLi post on the new - but - brief appearance of this
option also had a very well - thought out list of possible reasons
for this new
royalty rate, which can be accessed here.
Waiting around
for 45days, letting our income plummet in the meantime, is not a viable
option for our businesses or a logical in a proactive environment and to suggest we wait and see is harmful to every indie author who need their
royalties to survive.
Self - publishing points of interest: different levels of editing, front and back cover design, interior formatting, font usages, images and copyrights, platforms
for distribution,
royalties / payments, marketing
options (Kindle Unlimited program and others), giveaways, swag / marketing materials, in - person appearances, book signings, and more.
The new Advanced Pricing feature provides publishers with the
option of setting an individual price
for every currency separately or choosing a straightforward conversion using actual exchange rates — but still receiving
royalties in their own currency.
To do that I had to select 35 %
royalty option — there is no possibility to choose different
royalties for different locations.
I think the
royalty share is a great system but sadly it's only available
for the US and UK, so those of us outside those countries don't get that
option!
If you have chosen the 70 %
royalty option, your book must remain eligible
for the book lending program.
With the «no
royalty»
option limited to your first book and demand
for subsequent books you've written increasing, libraries are more likely to buy subsequent books through the only channel you've made available
for those books — the one that pays you a
royalty.
It's been difficult to get publishers on board with the concept without a clear structure
for royalties, and it's been equally difficult getting readers to shell out money to consume books when they've been happy with their reading
options all along.
With print - on - demand, though, not only is the
option available
for single - purchase at much lower prices, the
option to list the book on sites like Amazon is still there if organizations choose to direct their customers to the retailer and make their
royalty that way.
Many authors find ACX's
Royalty Share
option appealing
for the lack of upfront cost.
I don't regret getting into the audiobook business nor do I regret paying
for the audiobook production cost up front versus going down the
royalty - split
option with the narrator.
Advanced
options for complex
royalty calculations, including escalators, reserves, bundles, multi-author contracts, and much more.
If you have your book enrolled
for the 70 %
royalty option and your book is discounted
for a period of time down to $ 1.99, you'll still get 70 % of your discounted price.
I used the
Royalty Share
option for The Sense of Death and the Pay
for Production
option for The Sense of Reckoning, and have pros and cons
for each that I will share in my next blog post!
Since I wanted as many readers as possible to read this latest book, I set my Kindle retail price at the minimum of $ 0.99 and as a result, the 30 %
royalty option was selected
for me.
There are different paper and colour
options available with IngramSpark that might suit your book better although,
for maximising
royalties, it's probably more lucrative to go with Amazon because they have more of a margin to discount from and still pay your
royalty.
In English, that means that we're sacrificing the higher
royalty numbers from other publishing
options over the long term
for a one to three month display of our book buried on a bookshelf with low sales expected.
The process
for Net Minds to build a joint venture mission and to work on a model more along the lines of how films are
optioned and produced, which allows those involved in the project to earn a portion of their standard fee up front along with a portion of
royalties for the life of the project.
While some critics may say that the authors are forfeiting 20 % of their potential
royalties (given the 70 % offered through simple KDP self - publishing), the advance and marketing
options are slated to make up
for that.
More good
options for audiobook production is always a good thing, I'll be contacting Findaway to see how they are handling
royalties for their authors, as that information is not easily located on their website anywhere.
If I remember right, amazon partner
for audio books has an
option wherein an author can get into an agreement where no initial upfront cost is involved, but there will only be
royalty sharing.
And it can be free if you opt
for the
royalty - share
option.
Depending on which contractual
options an author chooses, and on the specific needs
for that project, the author will enjoy a
royalty rate ranging from 65 % to as much as 81 % of retailer
royalties paid.
This
royalty option is available
for books sold from the new India Kindle Store, Kindle devices, and Kindle apps.
Today the company introduced the 70 %
royalty option, which is now available to customers in India
for titles enrolled in KDP Select.
The popular KDP 70 %
royalty option is also now available
for books sold in France, and people can receive their payment in Euros, British pounds or US dollars.
Try to sign a two, or three book deal that gives you or your agent the
option to negotiate book
royalties for future titles, just in case your first book sells very well, you don't want to be writing your second book based on your original book deal.
The 70 %
royalty option is also available
for English e-book sales in most foreign countries (subject to deductions due to local foreign taxes).
For e-books priced between $ 2.99 and $ 9.99 (that also meets other eligibility requirements), you have the
option to choose a
royalty that is 70 % of the cover price.
KDP Select is available
for titles participating in both the 70 % and 35 %
royalty options.
Because prices of POD books are inherently expensive, it's good
for authors to have the
option of cutting their
royalty temporarily or
for a certain group of people in order to get exposure.
Amazon also offered authors a «new 70 percent
royalty option»
for e-books with a list price «between $ 2.99 and $ 9.99,» eliminating the middleman and giving authors higher profits.
This is an exclusive system — you have a few
options for royalty rates (us vs. worldwide).
In return KDP Select pays higher
royalties for sales in certain countries, adds your ebook to the lending library
for Prime Members, and gives you promotional
options to make your ebook free
for up to five days or discounted
for up to seven.
For me as an author, this would mean that they stop using contracts with incredibly onerous terms, such as owning the rights for the life of the copyright with no hope of reversion, no - compete clauses, option clauses, and most especially the infamous 25 % royalty ra
For me as an author, this would mean that they stop using contracts with incredibly onerous terms, such as owning the rights
for the life of the copyright with no hope of reversion, no - compete clauses, option clauses, and most especially the infamous 25 % royalty ra
for the life of the copyright with no hope of reversion, no - compete clauses,
option clauses, and most especially the infamous 25 %
royalty rate.