What do you earn on every copy?
You keep 70% of the profit on every sale, and on print your production cost comes back to you first. Move the sliders — these are the same numbers your royalty statement is calculated from.
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You set your own price. We approve it only against the floor below — a book cannot be listed for less than it costs to print.
How the split works
What your copies cost to produce comes back to you first, then you take 70% of whatever is left. We take the rest. On the 150-page paperback above — Rs 1,125 a copy to produce, selling at Rs 1,500 — that is Rs 1,388 to you and Rs 113 to us.
Move the length slider and your production cost moves with it. You never have to work it out — the number above is always yours.
E-book
70% of the sale price, every time, with no production cost to recover first. Length changes nothing — a 40-page e-book and a 400-page one cost the same to deliver.
Which is why the e-book slider has no floor on it.
Why there is a floor
Priced below what it costs to produce, a copy loses money on every sale — yours and ours. We will not list a book there. It is the one number here that is not yours to choose.
Everything above it is.
Questions authors ask us
When do I actually get paid?
Royalties accrue as copies sell and you withdraw them from your dashboard once the balance clears the minimum. You can see every sale and what it earned on the Earnings page — not a statement we send you quarterly, a running total you can check tonight.
Do I really keep 70%?
Of the profit, yes — and on a printed book your production cost comes back to you first, before the split. So on a copy that sells you recover what it cost to make and then take 70% of what is left. We take the rest.
Why can I not price my book lower?
There is a floor at 30% above what a copy costs to produce. Below it every sale loses money — yours as much as ours — so we will not list a book there. It is the one number on the page you do not choose; everything above it you do.
Does a longer book earn more?
Not by itself. Length raises what a printed copy costs to produce, which raises the floor, so a longer book has to sell for more to earn the same. An e-book is unaffected — a 40-page and a 400-page e-book cost the same to deliver.
What happens to the copies in my package?
They are already printed and already paid for, so selling one returns the whole payout rather than the thin margin on a reprint. That is why the break-even figure on this page is far lower than people expect.
Do I keep the copyright?
Yes. Publishing with us grants the right to print, list and sell the edition we produce together. The work stays yours — see the User Policy.
Authors who published with us
Their coordination is very humble and relaxing. The quality of work really impressed me and I would highly recommend Daastan to writers and all who are linked with art or writing.See the original post
Earlier Pakistani writers could only dream of getting published. Now it is easier with the more than supportive team of Daastan which is now more of a family to me. Amazing experience publishing my first book with Daastan.See the original post
A good online approach, where I could hand over my data without the fear that it would be stolen. A safe and secure platform.See the original post
Know what it costs, too
This page tells you what a book earns. The publishing calculator tells you what it costs to make one — same rates, same honesty.
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