Starting June 10, 2025, we are changing the royalty rate for books priced below certain list prices (for example, less than 9.99 USD) from 60% to 50%. Separately, we are reducing color printing costs for paperbacks in some marketplaces to help authors adopt color printing.
Learn more about royalty rate and printing cost changes
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Important Tax Information
Tax forms are now available. To download your tax forms, see our
Year End Tax Forms
Help page. If you chose paper delivery, please allow up to two weeks for delivery..
Identity verification is rolling out to authors
We're committed to protecting those who publish with us and those who buy books on Amazon. As part of this effort, we are beginning to ask authors and publishers to verify their identity on KDP. For details,
visit our Help article
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KDP is now on Instagram
Follow KDP on Instagram at
@AmazonKDP
for helpful and inspirational content as well as highlights of KDP authors and titles.
