Once published the book gets simple placeholder so it’s strongly recommended that you have powerful cover image.
When the book is finished you have to work out how to export the book in e-book format following KDP guidelines. Amazon offers either 35% royalties or 70% author royalties, the main difference is that you will be charged additional fees if you opt for 70%, like delivery fee and taxes and you will get this percentage in limited list of territories (you will get 35% from non listed territories). There are no advance fees to self-publish on KDP. It is also imperative to pick your market prior writing single word, do a thorough research who would potentially buy your book. Be aware that writing is not easy, before writing anything you must learn crafting characterization, plotting, grammar and syntax. On average self-published books sell only 150-200 copies.
If you are for fame and fortune, forget about it! We don’t want to lower your enthusiasm but this happens really rare and stats are merciless. We recommend using direct publishing only if: You're an expert in some field You are public person and have followers either via blog, media, seminars etc… You are hardcore sci-fi, mystery, romance, horror or any other genre geek and have great idea. As a part of Amazon Kindle Services, Kindle Direct publishing (KDP) is a place where authors and publishers publish their books independently.