Author’s contract and fees for self-publishing authors

Here you will find the author contract for your book project and the current fee table with an overview of your royalties for the sale of your e-books and books.

Current contract for self-publishing authors

This contract is valid since 25.04.2025, 12.15 p.m .

You can easily download our current contract here:

Fee overview

Each sale of your title will be remunerated according to the following table.

You will receive your fees on the publishing fee.

The table has been valid since 25.04.2025, 12.15 p.m.

Author’s fee on e-book sales

www.grin.com 50%
Amazon Kindle, iBook Store, Google Play, Ciando, Pubbles, Libri, Genios, Other Distributors 30%

Author’s fee on book sales

www.grin.com 50%
Book trade (BoD and Amazon Marketplace) 30%

The publishing fee price is the selling price excluding the statutory value added tax as well as minus trade discounts, production and shipping costs.

The selling price can be determined individually by the respective dealer, unless the nationally bound selling price is required by law (book price fixing).