New Amazon Requirements May Mean Greater Losses For Authors

I received a disturbing email this morning from James at Goonwrite.com. James is a talented artist who designs book covers and wanted to share something he noticed which can only be described as a nasty surprise for many authors.

It seems Amazon has discovered a simple loophole for lowering their bottom line. By changing the size requirements on artwork from 2,500 pixels to a ridiculous 4,500 pixel length on the longest side, they can significantly increase the digital delivery fees they charge authors. An author who publishes through KDP could see their fees for a book sold for $2.99 go from $0.69 to a whopping $2.21.

I don’t know about anyone else, but those are some pretty scary figures to me. It could mean the difference between profit and loss for many writers.

You can read more details by clicking on the link below.

http://humblenations.com/2014/08/05/new-amazon-size-requirements-digital-delivery-costs-and-i-smell-a-rat/