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## Here's what we pay authors who distribute through D2D

Royalty percentages shown are approximations due to rounding and currency exchange rates.

   

Digital Store

Royalty to Author

Pricing Notes

Amazon

60% or 30%

60% when list price is $2.99-$9.99, otherwise 30%.

Apple

60%

Applies to all prices.

Barnes & Noble

60%

Applies to all prices.

Fable

60%

Applies to all prices.

Gardners

60%

Applies to all prices.

Kobo

60%

Applies to all prices.

Smashwords

75% or 40%

75% when list price is $2.99 or higher, otherwise 40%.

Tolino

60%

Applies to all prices.

Vivlio

55%

Applies to all prices.

 

Subscription Service

Royalty to Author

Pricing Notes

Everand

60%

60% when a subscriber reads past 20% of your ebook.

Kobo Plus

51% of your portion of the subscription pool

51% of revenue generated from subscription readers, calculated by total revenue/minutes read.

Library Service

OCOU Royalty to Author

CPC Royalty to Author

Pricing Notes

BorrowBox

46%

Not Offered

OCOU is when a library purchases a digital copy.

cloudLibrary

46%

Not Offered

OCOU is when a library purchases a digital copy.

Hoopla

Not Offered

3.8%

CPC is paid per each check out from a participating library. Hoopla's CPC payouts are based on a tiered pricing model.

OverDrive

46%

4.6%

OCOU is when a library purchases a digital copy.  
CPC is paid per each check out from a participating library.

For more information visit our [Library payment options page](https://draft2digital.com/library-pricing/ "What Are Your Library Payment Options?").