In this way, you have the freedom to determine your own royalty rate. Your createspace royalties equal the list price minus the cost of printing the book and minus the sellers share amazon or createspace. How to calculate createspace royalties jenny bravo. Kindle create finds and styles your chapter titles automatically while simultaneously building your table of contents. If your book is available through the or amazon europe sales channels, then these thirdparty sellers may also list your book for sale on your. I lent my copy to someone for the balance of the title who should i write to request someone do an audit of create space s booksprocedures. If you ever published a kindle book on the most popular book publishing site amazon, chances are you also created or contemplated a print. If you want to experiment with book sizes and the way they might impact your typesetting choices, the reedsy book editor allows you to do so for free. On createspace, royalties were paid 30 days after the month in which they were earned.
Apr 06, 2014 i am presently laying out a childrens book for create space. The first book had 534 pages and the second 450 pages. From this chart, it seems distribution across international stores is identical, except that japan is available only on kdp print. My book is a 426 page book with bibliograpy called an incest survivor talks to sex offenders and others plus her journal. This is where youll set up your book s price and calculate royalties. Expand your reach with print make your book available to millions ondemand. A stepbystep guide to book publishing with createspace. Amazon gets 40% of the list price if the book is sold on, and createspace gets 20% of the list price if the book is sold on createspace. Where create space makes its money is that they take a percentage of every sale. When you self publish a paperback book via createspace, lightningsource or. Yes, its true, and that only gets your book on amazon, leaving your book unavailable at hundreds of other bookstores worldwide. If you enable expanded distribution, the royalty is 40% of the books list price effective in the distribution channel at the time of purchase minus printing costs. Unfortunately, the formula that createspace provides to calculate royalties for amazon sales is a little roundabout. Amazons new kdp print feature is bad news for createspace.
As most selfpublished authors know, ebooks outsell paperback versions by a landslide, so it can take quite awhile for these paperback royalties to meet the threshold, particularly because paperback royalties bought anywhere other than from createspace, are quite miniscule compared to createspace purchasing. Amazon gets 40% of the list price if the book is sold on, and createspace gets 20% of the list price if the book is sold on. Having some reallife examples at your side, you should get a better sense of. If you earned royalties income in 2018, you may wonder whether you should claim it on your taxes. Sep 28, 2012 amazon and create space sold my book for six year and up to today have not received one cent in royalties from them. Ive published eleven books and the quality of the finished books has been consistently excellent. Royalties if you enable expanded distribution for your paperback, the royalty rate is 40% of the books list price effective in the distribution channel at the time of purchase, minus printing costs, applicable taxes, and withholding. The editor also provides four popular trim sizes for formatting 4. Kindle create creating a professional quality ebook has. Here is a stepbystep guide to publishing your own book using createspace.
Just a suggestion for anyone looking for partners in self publishing. Login to get started with kindle direct publishing, manufacturing on demand, or print on demand for publishers. Createspace paid royalties every month, approximately 30 days after the end of the month in which they were earned. Writing stack exchange is a question and answer site for the craft of professional writing, including fiction, nonfiction, technical, scholarly, and commercial writing.
Aug 19, 2014 your blog here has helped pave the way to properly setting up my first book. But this accounted for only 6% of our royalties because of the higher discount in this channel. Understanding createspace royalties and distribution options. You cant receive money from any of these organizations without tax information. This article, written by lyn horner, guides us stepbystep through the process of publishing a book with createspace. While amazon owns createspace and they tend to work together, understand that they are not amazon.
When it comes to pricing your book, its pretty simple. Up until april 2018, it was also a platform where authors could hire the selfpublishing services needed to produce a book. I am a retired state licensed clinical psychologist. Oct 12, 2017 amazon owns createspace, the printondemand solution that allows indie authors to produce print editions of their work and then seamlessly integrate them into amazons online bookstore. Expanded distribution with kdp print means that you must also list your book on amazon. Createspace royalty structure for canadian authors, no direct. Thats the type of sleaze you will deal with when you deal with create space. You might want to bookmark this page for future reference if you plan to publish with createspace. If you want to make your kdp print book available for expanded distribution, you cannot opt out of amazon. I have successfully set up my kindle edition but is struggling to set up my create space pod of the same book. Sep 26, 2018 createspace pays royalties 30 days after the end of the month, but kdp pays royalties 60 days after the end of the month. I am presently laying out a childrens book for create space. Hi, mi name is albeniz sosa i have an account with amazoncreatespace, i publish my book about eleven months ago. Apr 07, 2016 in the us, royalties go to the authors heirs.
This is where youll set up your books price and calculate royalties. Thus, it appears that the royalties for paperbacks distributed through createspace and kdp are identical. Kdp uses a minimum list price to ensure the royalties you earn are always enough to cover the cost to print your book. As createspace was one of the goto options for anyone aiming to print a selfpublished book, the switch left many in the lurch and confused. Of course, you can form a company to receive the revenue.
In the email, amazon announced they were making print book publishing easier for writers. Set your list price and receive industryleading royalties. Do amazon and createspace rip off indie publishers with. When you selfpublish a book with createspace, you set your own list price and your amazon royalty is based on the list price that you set.
Expanded distribution royalties are paid 60 days after the end of the month in which our distributors report their. Mod is a dedicated media site for content providers publishing cds, dvds, and bluray discs. To learn more about royalties and pricing, see these help pages. Bookbaby vs amazon createspace self publish amazon. Kdp pays royalties every month, approximately 60 days after the end of the month in which they were earned. Createspace is a platform for authors to publish books to amazon, a role it seems to be continuing this service for now. The 2020 guide to amazon fees and royalties for kindle ebooks. Jan 31, 2018 createspace is a platform for authors to publish books to amazon, a role it seems to be continuing this service for now. Authors earn a royalty every time a copy of their book is printed to fulfil an order submitted through any of the distribution channels you have selected.
You will earn more with createspace royalties your createspace royalties equal the list price minus the cost of printing the book and minus the sellers share amazon or createspace. Kdp is similar to amazons previous publishing platform, createspace, but it has important differences as well, such as differences in distribution and service. Weve found that the cost of going with these selfpublished firms is prohibitive as we have paid thousands to publish the books and then make only a pittance when they are. We now offer specialized options for your different publishing needs. Enter your createspace email address and click submit. So, for example, every royalty that you earn in september from createspace will be paid at the end of october assuming, of course, you meet the standard criteria for receiving a monthly royalty payment.
Royalties are complicated, but the general explanation is that the author receives 60 percent net of retail after printing costs are deducted if the book is sold through amazon u. Your book is a 333page paperback with black ink sold through expanded distribution. If you enable expanded distribution, the royalty is 40% of the book s list price effective in the distribution channel at the time of purchase minus printing costs. One of the best ways to discover the various costs and potential revenue a book could produce is to go on to the createspace site and enter the parameters of your planned book into their royalty calculator. Apr 08, 2017 royalty percentages vary greatly with lulu versus createspace. While selfpublishing a book on createspace, they dont. Bookbaby offers you the largest book distribution network anywhere, friendly, helpful selfpublishing experts to walk you through the process, the highest quality printed books, and promotional tools for your book. How self published authors get paid for paperback sales tck. Many aspects of the selfpublishing process can be intimidating and confusing, especially the first time you do them. As with any product and any store, the person buying your book is a customer of that store and the store is in business to make a profit. Sign in to kdp to link your kdp account, or create a new account. Unless you sell your ebook directly to readers from your website, for example, you will pay amazon a sales commission.
One of the channels indicated that it allows bookstores and other independent sellers to buy my book at wholesale prices which. We have published two books previously one with xlibris in the us and one with friesen press in canada. Createspace pays monthly royalties 30 days after the end of the month in which they were earned while kdp pays monthly royalties approximately 60 days after the end of the month in which they were earned. The irs collects social security taxes from wage earners and the selfemployed. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons improved publishing services.
While it is good news to hear that createspace has acted, albeit, after three long years, there are still many selfpublishing authors who are going to continue to suffer from exorbitant royalty thresholds and the costs associated with depositing a cheque. A report that shows me the royalties ive earned in a given time period. Kdp print pays electronically sixty days after a book sells. Basically, you can get set up for free with create space. From reading all the posts on the create space community forum and create spaces lack of response to those posts, it does seem to be a problem so maybe for brits and europeans lulu or some other company makes more sense until create space get local printers correct me if ive got the wrong end of the stick july 30, 2011 at 7. May 19, 2017 understanding createspace royalties and distribution options. Key differences from createspace disc on demand are. Creating a professional quality book has never been easier. Hopefully this comparison of lulu versus createspace has cleared up some confusion regarding the selfpublishing process. Lulu offers the largest selection of print book formats and bindings including hardcover, paperback, coilbound, and saddlestitch.
Aug 23, 2018 the create space cover maker was a dream and it resized manuscripts automatically even with two telephone calls and 4 emails, after two weeks, i have yet to get my cover accepted. Createspace pays royalties 30 days after the end of the month, but kdp pays royalties 60 days after the end of the month. Createspace royalty structure for canadian authors, no. This helps pay for social security and medicare in the same amount an employer would take. What happens to the royalties of an author after he is. Alli watchdog giacomo giammatteo provides an invaluable detailed analysis of the two biggest print service providers for indie authors, ingram via its two different subsets, lightning source for publishers of many books and ingram spark for. Createspace royalties list price sales channel % fixed charge per page printing charge.
Create, publish and distribute your book in print worldwide. As all writers know, the process of selfpublishing a book is everfluctuating and evolving. The 2020 guide to amazon fees and royalties for kindle. Eft eft royalty payments to bank accounts were introduced by createspace in 2012, but they were limited to only a very few countries. Use free tools to build and publish your book or take advantage of professional publishing services. Still noticeably missing from createspace eft royalty payments are major countries such as australia, south africa and canada along with probably many more.
The create space cover maker was a dream and it resized manuscripts automatically. Granted, i do all my own work from cover design to interior set up so the cost is zero. Royalty percentages vary greatly with lulu versus createspace. Createspace, a member of the amazon group of companies, provides one of.
Kdp print, on the other hand, pays royalties 60 days after the month in which they were earned meaning that from any sales in february, youd receive royalties in april. The choices available for the size of the book as well as the. Choose a popular format or create your own customized book. Your blog here has helped pave the way to properly setting up my first book. What happens to the royalties of an author after he is dead. Understanding how amazon royalties work for createspace books. This will send an email with a link to your createspace account email address within 3 hours. Createspace, one of the premier printondemand pod services for selfpublished authors, merged with amazons kdp print in late 2018. A customer purchases your book on and a book is printed to fulfill that order. The first news i heard about kdp print was in an email from amazon on february 15th. Its as if the lefthand doesnt speak to the righthandjust keep that in mind. Your paperback royalties are calculated using this list price. By the way, the title of my book is riskbased management in the world of threats and opportunities.
Todays indepth comparison of the two major printondemand platforms, createspace vs kdp print, is brought to you by the talented, wellconnected and sassy gundi gabrielle, who is a bestselling author and a blogger of her global traveling adventures. Oct 03, 2014 alli watchdog giacomo giammatteo provides an invaluable detailed analysis of the two biggest print service providers for indie authors, ingram via its two different subsets, lightning source for publishers of many books and ingram spark for individual selfpublishers and amazons createspace. We will start with the official comparison chart on kdps website and then dig a little deeper into features and differences not mentioned here. Each attempt takes two days to get a rejection for bloody bleeding. To find out the estimated royalty for a paperback for which youve enabled expanded distribution. One of the channels indicated that it allows bookstores and other independent. Today, were talking about how to calculate createspace royalties. Createspace and taxation information lorraine reguly. Price estimates are based upon a paperback, 6 x 9, cream, perfect bound, gloss finish, 300page book. Apr 28, 2010 the first book had 534 pages and the second 450 pages. A report that shows me previous months sales transactions, including total royalty. Amazon and create space sold my book for six year and up to today have not received one cent in royalties from them. One of the questions that comes up a lot for authors who are. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons.
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