KDP on Amazon.ie: prices, royalties and taxes

Amazon.ie sells to readers in Ireland in EUR. KDP sells paperbacks and hardcovers here. These are its prices, royalties and taxes.

The facts

Currency

EUR

Formats KDP sells here

paperbacks and hardcovers

Paperback royalty

50% of the list price below €9.99, 60% from it, less printing; the highest list price is €250.00

Hardcover royalty

50% of the list price below €9.99, 60% from it, less printing; the highest list price is €250.00

VAT on print

0%, added by Amazon to your list price at checkout (books with bonus content and some others may pay 23%)

Worked examples

A 300-page 6 × 9 inch paperback in black ink costs about €4.35 to print here, and KDP accepts it from €8.70. At €9.99, where the 60% rate starts, it earns about €1.64 a copy.

A 300-page 6 × 9 inch hardcover in black ink costs about €8.25 to print here. KDP's lowest list price for it is €13.75, where 60% of the price only just covers printing, so a copy earns next to nothing; each €1.00 above that earns €0.60 more.

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

Other marketplaces

All 17 marketplaces side by side, or your own book's numbers in the free KDP royalty calculator.

Sources

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