Understanding Royalties
Here is some important information that we are disclosing for your better understanding. We acknowledge that many book publishers will not disclose this information upfront, but we believe it is our upfront duty to do so. Please read this overview to understand what you need to know about how royalties are calculated and divided among all the parties.
Although you own 100% of the rights and copyright licenses to your book, you do not receive 100% of the proceeds. The various parties that charge a percentage of your physical book's total list price are the sales channels (such as bookstores or Amazon.com), the printing house, and finally Waymaker Publishing.
YES! You do earn royalties every time a book is printed to fulfill a new customer order that is sold through any of the Amazon.com's in the USA or around the world as well as through other sales channels offered through national and international distributors.
Although you own 100% of the rights and copyright licenses to your book, you do not receive 100% of the proceeds. The various parties that charge a percentage of your physical book's total list price are the sales channels (such as bookstores or Amazon.com), the printing house, and finally Waymaker Publishing.
YES! You do earn royalties every time a book is printed to fulfill a new customer order that is sold through any of the Amazon.com's in the USA or around the world as well as through other sales channels offered through national and international distributors.
How to Calculate Your Royalty
A royalty is calculated based on the list price you set for the location where your book is printed. We take out our percentage (which is comprised of a percentage of the list price for each sales channel) from your set list price, and the rest is your royalty earned.
Your royalty is the list price you've designated for your physical book, minus party shares/percentages.
A royalty is calculated based on the list price you set for the location where your book is printed. We take out our percentage (which is comprised of a percentage of the list price for each sales channel) from your set list price, and the rest is your royalty earned.
Your royalty is the list price you've designated for your physical book, minus party shares/percentages.
Calculating Your Royalty
List Price (set by you)
– Sale Channel Percentage
– Printing Press Percentage
– Distributors Percentage
– Waymaker Publishing Percentage is 10%
Equals Your Royalty
List Price (set by you)
– Sale Channel Percentage
– Printing Press Percentage
– Distributors Percentage
– Waymaker Publishing Percentage is 10%
Equals Your Royalty
After we receive your manuscript and payment, one of the first things we provide you with is a close estimation of what your financial royalty payment will be for the sale of your book according to each sales channel. The final royalty will be determined once we financially how many pages your book will be during our time producing your book.
When Do You Receive Your Royalty Payments?
At the end of each month we will send you an email informing you the quantity of books that we were able to sell for you through sales channels. If your book did not sell through any of our sales channels then we will not send you an email.
If your book sold through any sales channels then at the beginning of the next month we will mail you a physical royalty check to the address you provided to us.
If your book sold through any sales channels then at the beginning of the next month we will mail you a physical royalty check to the address you provided to us.
