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Can you compare the royalty rates of Amazon KDP and Smashwords for self publishing a short poetry collection?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can you compare the royalty rates of Amazon KDP and Smashwords for self publishing a short poetry collection?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Amazon KDP official ebook royalty options 35% 70% paperback royalty printing costs 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
Smashwords official royalty rates author earnings direct sales distribution retailers Draft2Digital 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparison50%ConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Amazon KDP official ebook royalty options 35% 70% paperback royalty printing costs 2026 Google ↗
Smashwords official royalty rates author earnings direct sales distribution retailers Draft2Digital 2026 Google ↗
  1. Digital Book Pricing Page · kdp.amazon.com
  2. Draft2Digital Ebook Royalty Rates - Draft2Digital · draft2digital.com
  3. authoremail.com · authoremail.com
  4. Draft2Digital · draft2digital.com
  5. Paperback Royalty · kdp.amazon.com
  6. Draft2Digital · draft2digital.com

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Amazon KDP official ebook royalty options 35% 70% paperback royalty printing costs 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Comparison——1x
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Smashwords official royalty rates author earnings direct sales distribution retailers Draft2Digital 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1