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Author contract and royalties (24.08.2020 to 01.06.2021)

On this page you can download your contract as a PDF and read about the calculation of your royalty.

Please note: The date of when the contract was accepted, not the publication date, is decisive for the contract. It is therefore possible that you have accepted various contracts for your texts.
If you are not sure which contract applies for your individual texts, please contact our support at info@grin.com or tel: +49 89-550559-0.

Author’s contract

Download the author’s contract here:

Overview of the royalties

This royalty table applies if you have accepted the author’s contract between 24.08.2020 (11.15 pm) and 01.06.2021 (5.00 pm).

Each sale of a text is compensated according to the following table. All percentages refer to the price of the publishing fee.

Author’s royalty on e-book sales

  • www.grin.com 30%

    Final papers and specialist books / Other works

  • www.hausarbeiten.de 30%

    Final papers and specialist books / Other works

  • www.diplomarbeiten24.de 30%

    Final papers and specialist books / Other works

  • www.unterweisungen.de 30%

    Final papers and specialist books / Other works

  • Amazon Kindle, iBook Store, Google Play, Ciando, Pubbles, Libri, Genios, Other Distrubutors 15%

    All categories

  • Royalty bonus through partner links* +5%

    All categories

Author’s royalty on book sales

  • Via Books on Demand / Wholesale 15%

    All categories

  • www.grin.com 15%

    All categories

  • www.hausarbeiten.de 15%

    All categories

  • www.diplomarbeiten24.de 15%

    All categories

  • www.unterweisungen.de 15%

    All categories

  • Royalty bonus through partner links* +5%

    All categories

The price of the publishing fee is the retail price without the statutory value added tax and without trade discounts, production and shipping costs.

The retaill price can be determined individually by the respective dealer, unless the nationally bound retail price is determined by law (net book agreement).

If an author chooses a one-time royalty,there is no percentage of the compensation of sales. In this case, the author will receive a one-time payment of 10 euros (depending on the country, if applicable 10 GBP, 10 CHF or 10 USD).

For sales in the context of a licensing to other publishers of the publishing group, the author receives 10% of the publishing fee. These royalties are settled with the publishers once a year.

The annual billing mode also applies to subscription and subscription models, as well as various loan and retrieval models for libraries.

* If you link your texts to a partner code, you can get an extra 5% on each text sold via this link. Read more about the partner program here.

Layout check

We check your text for readability and printability (Are the margins sufficient for printing? Is the font size easy to read in print? Is the line spacing right? Is the resolution of the illustrations sufficient for good print quality?), embed the fonts if necessary and take care of automatic page numbers and a table of contents.

Publication as e-book and ISBN

With each publication, you will receive an ISBN number for your e-book and print book.

Worldwide distribution

With each publication, you will receive an ISBN number for your e-book and print book. We deliver your book to our worldwide distribution network: over 300 online shops.

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Appealing blurb

We will write you a blurb that arouses curiosity and emotions – and convinces readers. Perfectly tailored to your genre and target audience.

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Personal contact

Benefit from our many years of publishing experience: We support you with our know-how from upload to finished book. With us, you will get a personal contact person, we will guide you step by step through the entire process and are there for you.

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Layout Deluxe

Your book, perfectly staged: With professional typography, stylish book typesetting and design templates that fit your project, we ensure an all-round coherent reading experience. Whether classic or individual – we design your book the way your story deserves it.

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Cover Service

Do you already have your own photo or motif or at least a very concrete idea of how you imagine your book cover? Perfect! We will take care of the creation and send you two to four drafts, from which you can choose one.

You don’t have a cover idea yet or would like us to include your author photo on the back of the book? No problem. For an extra charge of €50, our graphic designer will search for motifs and design your individual book cover including an author’s photo on the book cover – creatively, professionally and matching your story.

Need some inspiration? Check out some of our favorite covers!

Fee overview

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

You will receive your royalties on top of the publisher's selling price.
The table has been valid since 17.04.2025, 12.30 p.m.

Fee on e-book sales

www.grin.com 50%

Amazon Kindle, iBook Store, Google Play, Ciando,

Pubbles, Libri, Genios, Other Distributors 30%

Fee on book sales

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

The publisher's selling price is the sales price excluding the statutory value added tax as well as less trade discounts, production and shipping costs.

Free Word Templates

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Format: 12 x 19 cm

ideal for: fiction novels

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Format: 14.8 x 21 cm

ideal for: guide books and non-fiction books

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Format: 15.5 x 22 cm

ideal for: children’s and youth books