Free Book Profit & Pricing Calculator

Work out a practical selling price for your book and estimate your profit per copy. This free calculator for self-published authors takes printing costs, retailer or distributor deductions, author payments and your desired profit into account.

Calculate Your Book Selling Price and Profit

Enter your printing cost and any other per-copy expenses, then add retailer, distributor or author percentages where applicable. The calculator will estimate the selling price needed to achieve your desired profit and show projected earnings at different sales volumes.

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Your printer's cost for one finished copy.
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Optional packaging, handling or other per-copy costs.
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Use 0% for direct sales.
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Percentage of the retail price paid to the author, if applicable.
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Amount you want left after the costs above.
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Enter an existing price to see the actual profit it produces.

Recommended Selling Price

Price required to achieve your desired profit:
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Total production cost per copy R0.00
Retailer / distributor deduction R0.00
Author payment R0.00
Net profit per copy R0.00
Profit margin 0.0%
Total deductions R0.00

Profit at Different Sales Volumes

Copies sold Sales income Net profit
10 R0.00 R0.00
25 R0.00 R0.00
50 R0.00 R0.00
100 R0.00 R0.00
Please note: This calculator is intended as a pricing aid. It does not include income tax, VAT, once-off publishing costs, advertising expenditure, returns or other costs unless you include them in your own figures. Retailer and distributor arrangements also vary.

Who Is This Book Pricing Calculator For?

This calculator is designed for independent and self-published authors who want to estimate a realistic retail price for paperback or printed books. It can also help small publishers compare direct sales with retailer or distributor sales and understand how printing costs and author payments affect profit.