Everything you need to know about eBook Royalties and Payments

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Our eBook distribution service pays out 100% of the royalties that your sales generate, we will not deduct anything.

In most cases your royalty is calculated as follows:

Net revenue (selling price – sales tax – download fee*) less the sales channels commission rate = your royalty

In most cases, the royalty will be 50-70% of the selling price.

*Amazon is the only sales channel that deducts a download fee

When you submit your royalty payment preferences via the Dashboard you can choose to be paid:

• monthly
• quarterly (January, April, July, October)
• annually (January)

The minimum payment amount is £25 and you can set a higher minimum payment via your Dashboard if you prefer to receive larger payments.

You can change the minimum payment amount and payment frequency or request a payment at any time via the Dashboard.

Payments are usually made during the second week of each month.

Quarterly payments are made in January, April, July, and October.

Annual payments are made in January.

Upcoming payment dates:

• 9-15^th October 2023
  
• 6-12^th November 2023
• 4-10^th December 2023

You can choose to be paid via:

• Paypal
• Wise (for non-GBP international transfers)
• BillPay (USD only)
• Bank Transfer (GBP only)

You can update your payment method via your Dashboard.

When you set your royalty payment preferences you can choose your preferred payment currency and the payment method options available for that currency.

Our base currency is GBP as we are based in the UK. All royalty and payment data is displayed in GBP on the reports available via your Dashboard.

Paypal payments are made using the default currency associated with your Paypal account.

The royalty rate varies between sales channels.

Most sales channels will pay out between 50 and 70% of the net revenue from each sale of an eBook. Net revenue is the selling price less any sales tax and download fee.

The figures below are a guide to what you should expect from each sales channel. However, there are some variables such as the territory of the sale and the file size, that might impact the final royalty amount.

eBook Partnership does not charge any commission on your royalties.

RETAILERS

• Amazon: 70% royalty for books priced £1.99-£9.99.
  35% for books priced less than £1.99 or more than £9.99.
• Apple: 70% royalty
• Barnes & Noble: 50% royalty
• eBooks.com: 60% royalty
• Gardners: 50% royalty
• Kobo: 70% royalty

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

• 24 Symbols: 50% for each subscriber that reads over 10% of the book
• BookMate: Share of overall net subscription revenue for each subscriber that reads over 10% of the book
• BookBeat: Share of overall net subscription revenue based on share of reading activity
• Perlego: Share of overall net subscription revenue based on share of reading activity
• Scribd: 50% for each subscriber that reads over 10% of the book
• StoryTel: Share of overall net subscription revenue for each subscriber that reads over 20% of the book

LIBRARY SUPPLIERS

• Baker & Taylor: 45% of the RLP (recommended library price) for each library that purchases the eBook
• BorrowBox: 45% of the RLP (recommended library price) for each library that purchases the eBook
• EBSCO: 50% of the RLP (recommended library price) for each library that purchases the eBook for single user access.
  50% of 1.25 x RLP for each library that purchases the eBook for multi user access (up to 3 concurrent readers).
  50% of 1. 5 x RLP for each library that purchases the eBook for multi user access (4 or more concurrent readers).
• Hoopla: 50% of the price-per-use (PPU) revenue generated by Hoopla. The PPU price is tiered based on the RLP (maximum PPU is $2.99, minimum is $0.40).
• Kortext: Direct to customer: Single user access 60% of DLP (Digital List Price), Rental 33-66% of DLP depending on length of rental.
  Library sales: 60% of DLP x multiplier based on licence type (maximum 6x, minimum 1.5x)
• OverDrive: 50% of the RLP for each library that purchases the eBook for single user access.
• ProQuest: 50% of the RLP for each library that purchases the eBook for single user access.
  50% of 1.5 x RLP for each library that purchases the eBook for multi user access (up to 3 concurrent readers).
  50% of 2 x RLP for each library that purchases the eBook for unlimited user access.