The Authors & Self-Published Writers Fix Kit
Built for authors and self-published writers.
Self-publishing pays by formula: a royalty rate that changes with price, a delivery fee on big files, printing costs taken first, a lower rate for wider distribution, and an audiobook model that changed this year. The leaks are a price one dollar outside the band, a paperback priced just under a threshold, ads that cost more than the book earns, and work left unregistered. Your royalty reports and dashboards are the proof. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 8 leaks it covers
6 you can close it · 2 a pro decides
- Ebook priced outside the 70% royalty bandWhere to look first: List each ebook's list price.Keep it from coming back: Check the band every time you change a price.You can close it
- Delivery fees taken from 70% ebook royaltiesWhere to look first: Check your royalty report for delivery costs per sale.Keep it from coming back: Check file size before every upload.You can close it
- Paperback priced just under the higher royalty lineWhere to look first: List each paperback's price and printing cost.Keep it from coming back: Recheck when printing costs change.You can close it
- Expanded distribution sales at a lower rateWhere to look first: Check whether expanded distribution is on for each paperback.Keep it from coming back: Review expanded distribution yearly.You can close it
- Audiobooks still on the old royalty modelWhere to look first: Check which royalty model each audiobook is on in ACX.Keep it from coming back: Recheck ACX terms each year.You can close it
- Books never registered with the Copyright OfficeWhere to look first: List your published titles and their registration status.Keep it from coming back: Register each new book when it publishes.A pro decides
- Ad spend higher than royalties earnedWhere to look first: Pull ad spend and attributed sales per book for the last 30 days.Keep it from coming back: Check ads against royalty weekly.You can close it
- Royalties with no tax set asideWhere to look first: Total royalties received this year from every platform.Keep it from coming back: Move a set share of every royalty payment.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 8 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Ebook priced outside the 70% royalty band
You can close it- List each ebook's list price.
- Amazon's 70% ebook royalty requires a list price inside a set band, $2.99 to $12.99 as Reedsy reports it, and at least 20% below the lowest print price; outside it, the royalty is 35% (VERIFIED: Reedsy). Confirm the band on your KDP pricing page.
- Mark any book priced outside the band.
- Work out the royalty at each price you're considering (CALCULATED).
- Change the price in your dashboard if the math says so.
Your part: Set your own price.
Note to myself for each title: Title: [TITLE]. Current price: [PRICE]. Royalty option: [35% / 70%]. Royalty per sale now: [AMOUNT]. At [NEW PRICE]: [AMOUNT]. Print price: [PRICE].
Check the band every time you change a price.
What this kit can't decide for you: Amazon sets and can change its royalty terms. This kit never tells you what to charge.
That's 1 of 8. The other 7 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When authors and self-published writers go looking for answers, they search things like “kdp royalties”, “self publishing”, “amazon kdp” and “self publishing costs”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 8 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Ebook priced outside the 70% royalty band: where do I start?
Start here: List each ebook's list price. To keep it from coming back: Check the band every time you change a price.
Delivery fees taken from 70% ebook royalties: where do I start?
Start here: Check your royalty report for delivery costs per sale. To keep it from coming back: Check file size before every upload.
Paperback priced just under the higher royalty line: where do I start?
Start here: List each paperback's price and printing cost. To keep it from coming back: Recheck when printing costs change.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.