Sale price ₹249. Print cost ₹95. Platform fee ₹62. GST ₹12. Distribution markup is bundled in the platform fee in most cases. What's left: ₹80, paid monthly to the author. No publisher cut. No clawbacks.
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The royalty math behind a ₹249 paperback.
Where every rupee of a ₹249 sale actually goes — print cost, platform fee, GST, distribution markup, and what's left for the author.
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Why we don't take a percentage of your royalty
An open letter on why 100% royalty isn't a marketing hook — and why we'd rather lose the margin than the principle.
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We analyzed 100 self-published books on Amazon India. Here's what we found.
Cover patterns, pricing distributions, review counts, and sales rank trends — what separates the books that move from the ones that don't.
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How much does it actually cost to publish a book in India?
A line-by-line breakdown of what real Indian authors pay — and where most of the cost actually goes. Real numbers, not estimates.
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Print-on-demand vs offset: when does each make sense?
POD wins for the first 200 copies. Offset wins after 1,000. The grey zone in the middle is where most authors lose money.
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100% royalty, always
Every rupee your book earns after print and distribution is yours. Same on book one. Same on book one thousand.
10 working days to launch
Manuscript to live on Amazon. Industry average is 6 to 9 months. We measure this monthly and miss it less than 5% of the time.
No hidden costs, ever
What's on the package page is what you pay. Cover revisions, ISBN, distribution — all included. No mid-project surprise invoices.
Stage-based refund policy
In writing. The earlier you change your mind, the more you get back. Published on our About page, not buried in legalese.