KDP on Amazon.com.au: prices, royalties and taxes

Amazon.com.au sells to readers in Australia in AUD. KDP sells ebooks and paperbacks here. These are its prices, royalties and taxes.

The facts

Currency

AUD

Formats KDP sells here

ebooks and paperbacks

Ebook 70% royalty band

List prices from A$3.99 to A$15.99

Ebook delivery cost

A$0.15 per MB, on the 70% plan only

Tax inside the ebook price

10%, taken out before the royalty

Paperback royalty

50% of the list price below A$13.99, 60% from it, less printing; the highest list price is A$350.00

Worked examples

A 2 MB ebook at A$3.99, the lowest price on the 70% plan, earns about A$2.33 a sale.

A 300-page 6 × 9 inch paperback in black ink costs about A$9.02 to print here. KDP's lowest list price for it is A$15.04, where 60% of the price only just covers printing, so a copy earns next to nothing; each A$1.00 above that earns A$0.60 more.

Estimates the way KDP's help pages describe them; KDP's own calculator has the final word.

Other marketplaces

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Sources

Checked on 17 October 2026 against KDP ebook list prices, KDP ebook pricing, KDP printing cost, KDP paperback royalty. Stores, agencies and laws change their rules: their own pages have the final word.