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Compare what Kindle Unlimited pays you now with what selling on other stores might, and see how many wide sales it takes to replace your page reads.

Staying in KDP Select earns more

−$1,253/mo

Select: $2,382 a month ($1,341 of it from Kindle Unlimited). Wide: $1,129 a month. To replace your KU income, other stores need about 452 sales a month.

KU share of ebook income

56%

KU per full read

$2.15

400-page book

Break-even wide sales

452

per month, other stores

In KDP Select now (per month)

If you go wide (estimates)

How to use it

Take a recent month from your KDP reports: ebook sales, royalty per sale and KU pages read. Then estimate what other stores would sell. If you've never been wide, be conservative: new wide authors often start slowly while they build readers on each store. The "change in Amazon sales" field lets you test the common worry that Amazon visibility drops after leaving KU.

The number that decides it

The calculator shows how many monthly sales on other stores it takes to replace your KU income. If that number is far beyond anything you've seen, Select is the safer bet. If you're close, wide spreads your risk across stores. Either way, check the per-page rate trend on the KENP rate page: it moves your KU income every month. More background in is KDP Select worth it?

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Questions

Is KDP Select worth it?

It depends on how much of your ebook income comes from Kindle Unlimited page reads, and how much you could sell on other stores. Put your numbers in the calculator: if wide sales can't replace your KU income, Select earns more.

What do I give up by leaving KDP Select?

Kindle Unlimited page reads, plus Select promotions (Kindle Countdown Deals or Free Book Promotions). In exchange you can sell the ebook on any other store and through libraries.

Does KDP Select affect paperbacks?

No. Exclusivity applies to the ebook only. Paperbacks and hardcovers can be sold anywhere either way.

How long is a KDP Select term?

90 days, and it renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew. Plan a move to wide around the end of a term.

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