Understanding Amazon KDP royalties and KENP

For authors with ebooks on Amazon, in your royalty report you may see up to three Amazon KDP lines for each ebook, each corresponding to the type of ebook sale: Standard – a regular purchase of your ebook. Free – Promotion – how many Amazon customers ordered...

VAT removed from ebooks

One of the unexpected consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the removal of VAT from ebooks. Previously, although printed books are zero-rated for VAT, ebooks and online subscriptions have not been exempted. In March, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this...

Amazon’s pay-per-page read on e-books

You may have seen headlines recently regarding Amazon paying self-published authors per page read and been just a little bit worried. But worry not. Just to make it clear – this has nothing to do with e-book royalties. If someone buys your e-book, you will receive the...