VideoIf an author can go to Kindle Direct Publishing or Barnes & Noble's PubIt!, instantly publish their own book and then collect up to 70% of the sale price as a royalty as opposed to the 15% to ...

If that’s your situation, Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) may provide the solution. KDP allows an author or a business owner to self-publish and sell their books through the Kindle Store.

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing offers a chance for authors to self-publish on its book store. The free platform allows writers to publish books in print and digital to earn a royalty rate.

When looking at Kindle Direct Publishing’s advertised 70 percent royalty rate, one would assume that 30 percent of each sale would go to Amazon with the rest going to the author. The service’s ...