Publish Direct. Keep 100%.
Tales From A Harrogate Caravan takes nothing from your book sales. No commission. No platform fee. No percentage.
What Amazon KDP Actually Pays You
On a paperback priced at £8.99, after Amazon takes its platform cut and deducts print costs, the author walks away with around £1.49. That is 17% of the retail price of your own book.
The Platform Cut
Amazon takes 40% to 60% of your retail price off the top before anything else is calculated. That is not a printing cost. That is the fee for the privilege of using their platform.
The Print Deduction
On top of the platform cut, Amazon deducts the cost of printing the book from your remaining share. By the time both deductions are made, most authors are left with pennies per sale.
The Maths
Retail price £8.99. Platform cut £4.50. Print cost £3.00. Author profit: £1.49. You wrote the book. You did the work. You got 17p in every pound.
The Same Book. A Different Route.
Here is what happens to that £8.99 when you sell direct through Tales From A Harrogate Caravan and print through BookVault.
| What Happens to Your £8.99 | Amazon KDP | Tales From A Harrogate Caravan + BookVault |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Commission | £4.50 | £0.00 |
| Print Cost | £3.00 | £2.50 |
| You Keep | £1.49 | £6.49 |
| Your Cut | 17% | 100% |
Who We Are
Tales From A Harrogate Caravan is an independent literary platform built by authors who got fed up with handing the majority of their earnings to corporate platforms. We take nothing from your sales. Ever.
We Are Just Getting Started
This is a growing platform. Authors who join now are not buried under a million identical listings. Your work gets seen. Your name gets known. There is real value in being part of something at the beginning — before it gets crowded.
No Gatekeepers
No submission windows. No rejection letters. No literary agent deciding whether your work fits a commercial category. If you have written something worth reading, send it to us and we will give it a home.
Your Work Stays Yours
We do not take rights. We do not take commission. We do not take a cut of anything. Your book belongs to you before you submit it and it belongs to you after. We are just the platform.
Build Your Readers Before You Print
Publish your chapters here first. Build a readership. By the time your book is ready to print, the people who want to buy it already know your name — and every penny of that sale comes straight to you.
We Were Built For This
The honest memoir. The northern novel. The poem that does not fit a category. The story that deserves to exist regardless of whether it will shift a hundred thousand units. That is what this platform is for.
Direct. Fair. Independent.
A permanent home for UK authors outside the corporate publishing machine. We are building it now and the authors who join us early will be part of shaping what it becomes.
How To Start
Four steps from manuscript to 100% profit.
1. Submit Your Work
Send us your chapters, poems, essays, or articles. Email submit@talesfromaharrogatecaravan.co.uk or use the submit page. We read everything personally.
2. Set Up Your Print Costs
Upload your manuscript to BookVault at bookvault.app to get your flat print cost. A standard paperback runs £2.50 to £3.00. No percentage. No platform fee. Just the cost of the paper and ink.
3. Take Direct Payments
Connect BookVault to a free checkout tool like Payhip or WooCommerce. When a reader buys your book, the money goes to you and the book goes to them. We are not in that transaction at all.
4. List Here and Sell
Add your book link to your Tales From A Harrogate Caravan author profile. Readers on this platform find your work, follow your chapters, and buy your book directly. You keep everything.
Ready to Stop Splitting Your Profits?
Submit your work to Tales From A Harrogate Caravan. Build your readership. Sell direct. Keep 100%.
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