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Ebook Royalty Rates<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Here's what we pay authors who distribute through D2D<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Royalty percentages shown are approximations due to rounding and currency exchange rates.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Digital Store<\/th>\n Royalty to Author<\/th>\n Pricing Notes<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
Amazon<\/td>\n 60% or 30%<\/td>\n 60% when list price is $2.99-$9.99, otherwise 30%.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Apple<\/td>\n 60%<\/td>\n Applies to all prices.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Barnes & Noble<\/td>\n 60%<\/td>\n Applies to all prices.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\u00a0\u00a0
Fable<\/td>\n60%<\/td>\nApplies to all prices.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\u00a0\n\t
Gardners<\/td>\n 60%<\/td>\n Applies to all prices.<\/td>\n <\/tr> \n
Kobo<\/td>\n 60%<\/td>\n Applies to all prices.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Smashwords<\/td>\n 75% or 40%<\/td>\n 75% when list price is $2.99 or higher, otherwise 40%.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Tolino<\/td>\n 60%<\/td>\n Applies to all prices.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Vivlio<\/td>\n 55%<\/td>\n Applies to all prices.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Subscription Service<\/th>\n Royalty to Author<\/th>\n Pricing Notes<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
Everand<\/td>\n 60%<\/td>\n 60% when a subscriber reads past 20% of your ebook.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Kobo Plus<\/td>\n51% of your portion of the subscription pool<\/td>\n51% of revenue generated from subscription readers, calculated by total revenue\/minutes read.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Library Service<\/th>\n OCOU Royalty to Author<\/th>\n CPC Royalty to Author<\/th>\n Pricing Notes<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
BorrowBox<\/td>\n 46%<\/td>\n Not Offered<\/td>\n OCOU is when a library purchases a digital copy.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
cloudLibrary<\/td>\n 46%<\/td>\n Not Offered<\/td>\n OCOU is when a library purchases a digital copy.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Hoopla<\/td>\n Not Offered<\/td>\n 3.8%<\/td>\n CPC is paid per each check out from a participating library. Hoopla's CPC payouts are based on a tiered pricing model.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OverDrive<\/td>\n46%<\/td>\n 4.6%<\/td>\n OCOU is when a library purchases a digital copy.
CPC is paid per each check out from a participating library.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

For more information visit our Library payment options page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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