How To Price A Book. Royalty rate x list price print costs royalty To settle on the list price then we need to estimate our print costs most printers have calculators where we can check that quickly. From those averages we can draw a couple of conclusions.
For books priced between 10 to 200 youll drop back down to a royalty percentage of 35. Visit your local bookstore and find the section in which your book would be shelved pull the ones similar to yours and look at the price listed near the barcode. You price your book low to make it a no-brainer purchase.
Taking it a step further it also helps to place the book in an Amazon category with less competition.
Average paperback list price. If its in excellent condition you can price it for about 55 of retail. Amazon Price Box Amazon will give you a whopping 70 of your e-book profitif you price your book how they want you to. So the formula to calculate the list price for printed books is.
