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Prepare, Publish, Promote Author Copies (Beta)

You can now order author copies on KDP. These are copies of your live paperback that can be purchased at printing cost. They don’t include unpublished changes you’ve made on KDP.

Author copies are currently available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch. Japanese will be added later.

Note: KDP doesn’t currently support paperback distribution to Amazon.com.au, Amazon.com.br, or Amazon.nl. Australian users can place orders from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. Portuguese language users can place orders from Amazon.com. Dutch language users can place orders from Amazon.de.

You can order as many author copies as you want with a maximum of 999 units per order. If you want to order more than 999 author copies at a time, you can place multiple separate orders. You’ll pay shipping charges for each order.

How to order author copies

Go to your Bookshelf and select the paperback you would like to order.
Click on the Order Author Copies link in the ellipsis ("...") menu.
Enter the order quantity and select the marketplace of your order from drop-down menu.
Click Proceed to Checkout. You’ll be redirected to the Amazon Shopping Cart of your chosen marketplace to complete your order.

Author copies are eligible for all paid standard and expedited shipping options available to Amazon customers (excluding Prime). Unlike retail customer orders, author copies can take up to 3 weeks to print. You can ship author copies to multiple shipping addresses by placing separate orders for each destination.

Pricing & discounts

When you order author copies through your KDP Account, you’ll pay the author price for your own books. The author price is the printing cost for your selected marketplace times the number of copies. The trim size, interior type, page count determines this price and does not include shipping charges or taxes. On Amazon.com, any applicable sales tax will be applied at checkout. For European orders, local VAT will be applied at checkout. This price is the lowest price we can offer for your book; we are unable to offer additional discounts.

Track your package

After an order has shipped, you can track your packages on Amazon.com or with the Amazon mobile app. From Your Orders, you can find tracking information in your order details. To track your package:

Go to Your Orders.
Go to the order you want to track.
Click Track Package next to your order (if shipped separately). If your package or tracking information is missing, go to:
- About Missing Packages That Show as Delivered
- About Missing Tracking Information

Note: International orders may be subject to customs clearance procedures that can cause delays in delivery. To see estimated shipping times for your region, go to Global Shipping Times.

Cancel items or orders

You can cancel items or orders that haven't entered the shipping process yet by visiting the Order section in Your Account. To cancel an item or an entire order:

Go to Your Orders.
Click Cancel Items.
Select the check box next to each item you wish to remove from the order. If you wish to cancel the entire order, select all of the items.
Click Cancel checked items when finished.

After submitting the cancellation, we'll send you a confirmation message to the e-mail address on your account. You can also confirm that the order was cancelled by visiting Your Orders. If you see the order in the Cancelled Orders section, it was successfully cancelled.

Change your order information

You can update your order quantity, billing address, shipping address and payment method on your unshipped orders by visiting the Orders section in Your Account. To edit an order from the Order Summary in Your Account:

Go to Your Orders.
Click the Order Details link for the order you wish to change.
Follow the on-screen instructions to change the desired information.
Click Change beside the information you want to modify.

Problems ordering?

If your Shopping Cart is empty or items are missing from it, it is likely that you are not logged into your account. If you add items to your Cart while logged into your account and then log out, your items will seem to disappear. If this is the case, you should be able to retrieve your Cart simply by signing back in to your account.

Damaged, lost, & wrong items

If you received damaged author copies, or if the copies were lost in transit, contact us about a refund.

If you placed an order but received the wrong item, you can return the wrong item for a refund of the item you did not receive through the Online Returns Center by selecting the Wrong item was sent reason.

Defective copies

As with all books printed on demand, a small amount of printing and color variance in a given book is expected. Someone comparing more than one copy of a book may notice small differences between two copies. These differences aren't always defects and are not eligible for refunds.

If you think the copies you received are outside the variances we allow, contact us and we’ll investigate the issue. If the mistake was on our end, we’ll issue a refund.

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