Kindle eBooks have an X-Ray feature that enables readers to get more information about an industry term, event or place in your book (it’s like X-Ray for the Amazon Fire Stick). Read my article on titled, The 7 Habits of Authors Obsessed About Metadata, and download my free optimizing metadata guide here on ( sign-up on the home page). It should match your print book, if you have one. Metadata is the information you enter in KDP to describe your book such as title, author name, series name, price, etc. Have accurate and consistent metadata.Click View, then check Book Information as you see in the image below. To check your book, get Kindle Previewer and open the book. Enhanced Typesetting is a collection of book layout and typesetting features that allow readers to adjust various reading settings. Click here for their help page on formatting images. This way your readers can pinch and zoom in on images such as maps and drawings to see detail. Amazon defines this as at least 300 pixels per inch. The 6 official requirements + 1 implied requirement I’ve summarized below the requirements and benefits. Great on Kindle (beta) also introduces a new pricing tier requiring participating nonfiction books to be priced between $4.99 and $19.99 to receive the 50% royalty.Īs with the current Kindle royalty requirements, this new program has some restrictions. (Scroll down for details about the 35% and 70% Kindle royalties options, and where the 50% option fits.) The new, optional, 50% royalty makes it more lucrative for selling nonfiction books if publishers meet these 6 criteria. This decreases the reading experience.ĥ0% Kindle royalties option eligibility for “Great on Kindle” However, publishers producing books with lots of images are sensitive to the 15 cent/MB delivery fee and some deliberately format images with lower resolution. Screen resolutions on all devices have been steadily improving.For example, if your book is 2MB, and is priced at $2.99 with the 70% royalty option, your royalty is $1.79.
Image-heavy Kindle eBooks have been difficult to price since Amazon first announced the Kindle royalty structure of 70% vs. New for 2018, Amazon adds a 50% Kindle royalties option for nonfiction books that meet specific eligibility standards.
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