How to make money self-publishing on Amazon KDP
Online Money Blog published a guide to making money self-publishing on Amazon KDP in 2026, with every royalty figure taken from Amazon's own help pages.
Online Money Blog has published a guide on how to make money self-publishing on Amazon KDP in 2026.
It covers what each format pays, using the figures on Amazon's own KDP help pages: 35% or 70% on eBooks, with the 70% price band widened to $2.99 to $12.99 on Amazon.com in July 2026, and 50% or 60% minus printing on paperbacks, with Amazon's own worked example. It explains what KDP Select's 90-day exclusivity means now that Kindle Unlimited has been renamed Kindle+, when royalties arrive, how Amazon's rule on AI-generated books works, and the basics of tax for authors.
The guide is honest about the money: there is no typical income, its worked examples earn about $3 to $4 per copy, and earnings build slowly across several titles. Read it at onlinemoney.blog.
