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KDP Cover Design Checklist
Evaluate book covers before publishing, improve click-through rates, and avoid common KDP cover mistakes.
Free download. No account required. Email signup is optional.
Best for checking your setup before you publish or sell. Use it with the matching calculator, or print it for planning offline.
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Plain-English guides that pair with this resource.
How KDP Royalties Work
How Amazon KDP royalties are calculated for paperbacks, hardcovers, and Kindle eBooks.
Read guide →How To Price KDP Books For Maximum Profit
How royalties, printing costs, and pricing tiers actually work on KDP — and how to set a price that maximizes profit per copy.
Read guide →How To Publish Your First Book On Amazon KDP
A beginner walkthrough of Amazon KDP — account setup, formats, royalties, manuscript and cover upload, pricing, and going live.
Read guide →KDP Profit Calculation Guide
How KDP royalties really work — printing cost, 35% vs 70% Kindle, expanded distribution, and the math that tells you what you actually earn per book.
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Free tools to put this resource into practice.
KDP Royalty Calculator
Estimate Amazon KDP royalties and profit per sale.
Try calculator →KDP Break-Even Calculator
Sales needed to recover your KDP publishing costs.
Try calculator →KDP Profit Goal Calculator
Books to sell to hit your KDP income goal.
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KDP Royalty Worksheet
Estimate royalties, track earnings, and plan book income with confidence.
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KDP Launch Checklist
A launch-day checklist for KDP authors covering metadata, categories, keywords, and pre-publish QA.
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What separates KDP covers that sell from ones that get scrolled past — and how to design one even without a designer.
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- Planning guideKDPHow Many Books Do You Need to Sell to Hit Your KDP Income Goal?
Work backward from a dollar goal to the number of books you actually need to sell — with realistic expectations.
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