Kindle Direct Publishing vs Leanpub
February 01, 2026 | Author: Laura Candler
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Platform for publishing own books in Amazon Kindle - the largest bookstore, which accepts wide range of categories (fiction, business, children's books, comics, romance, etc.). Amazon takes a 30% commission on book sales, or 65% if the book is not within the recommended price range. For paperback books, the commission of KDP is approximately 40% of the price after deducting printing costs. Publishing a book is quite simple and takes only a few minutes - for formatting the file and adding metadata/pricing. KDP provides authors with free and simple self-publishing tools, giving them control over their book's content, design, price, audience and advertising. Authors retain ownership of their content and can make changes to their book at any time. Authors can also participate in the Kindle Unlimited subscription server and receive royalties for every page read.
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Leanpub is the best way in the world to write a book. This is especially true if you're publishing an in-progress computer programming book, but you'll find all kinds of books here. Leanpub empowers authors to support their favorite causes directly, by automatically sharing their royalties via our Leanpub for Causes program.
Kindle Direct Publishing vs Leanpub in our news:
2023. Kindle Direct Publishing has updated category selection
Until now Kindle Direct Publishing authors could choose up to ten categories for their books. But the new rules limit authors to just three categories, so there's a risk your book will get lost in the sea of publications. Amazon also added the following disclaimer: "We reserve the right to change book categories at any time to ensure a positive user experience. The categories you add and the categories displayed on the site may not always match. Your book may be added to additional or different categories to improve the user experience." So, head to your KDP dashboard now and update your book categories yourself. If you don't, Amazon will automatically categorize your books into the appropriate three categories.
