I want to self-publish a collection of my late wife's poetry. What platform has the most transparent pricing and lowest hidden fees?
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
I want to self-publish a collection of my late wife's poetry. What platform has the most transparent pricing and lowest hidden fees?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 self publishing platform fees pricing KDP print on demand royalty printing costs officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
2026 IngramSpark pricing fees setup fee print book distribution compensation officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
2026 Lulu pricing fees print on demand distribution fees officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
2026 Draft2Digital print ebook fees pricing officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
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 (4)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
2026 self publishing platform fees pricing KDP print on demand royalty printing costs official Google ↗
2026 IngramSpark pricing fees setup fee print book distribution compensation official Google ↗
2026 Lulu pricing fees print on demand distribution fees official Google ↗
2026 Draft2Digital print ebook fees pricing official Google ↗
- Amazon KDP · kdp.amazon.com
- Start publishing with KDP · kdp.amazon.com
- Print Book Pricing Page · kdp.amazon.com
- Get an ISBN · kdp.amazon.com
- What is an ISBN and Imprint? · kdp.amazon.com
- IngramSpark · ingramspark.com
- IngramSpark Pricing | What Does It Cost to Self-Publish a Book? · ingramspark.com
- Publishing and Selling on Amazon · kdp.amazon.com
- Lulu · lulu.com
- Lulu.com General Overview · help.lulu.com
- How Do I use the Lulu Pricing & Shipping Calculator for Price Quotes? · help.luludirect.lulu.com
- Draft2Digital · draft2digital.com
- Draft2Digital · draft2digital.com
- 10% List Price versus 15% Net: how much does D2D earn? : · draft2digital.freshdesk.com
- How much do proof or author copies cost? · kdp.amazon.com
- What is the cost to ship my proof or author copy? · kdp.amazon.com
- Paperback Printing Cost · kdp.amazon.com
Queries
4 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 self publishing platform fees pricing KDP print on demand royalty printing costs official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 IngramSpark pricing fees setup fee print book distribution compensation official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 Lulu pricing fees print on demand distribution fees official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 Draft2Digital print ebook fees pricing official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |