# What are KDP's page count limits?

Source: https://kdpbook.io/glossary/page-count · Updated 2026-09-28

**Page count**: The total number of interior pages, blank ones included. KDP rounds odd counts up to an even number. Paperbacks take 24–828 pages, hardcovers 75–550.

Checked against KDP Help on 2026-09-28.

Page count is the number of interior pages KDP prints, blank pages included. KDP counts them from your PDF and rounds up to an even number, because every sheet has two sides. Paperbacks take 24–828 pages depending on trim, ink and paper; hardcovers take 75–550; standard color needs at least 72.

Also called: page limits, minimum page count.

## The numbers

KDP page count limits (published minimum–maximum):

| Trim | B&W, white paper | B&W, cream paper | B&W, groundwood paper | Standard color | Premium color |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 × 8 to 8 × 10 in (11 trims) | 24–828 | 24–776 | 24–812 | 72–600 | 24–828 |
| 8.25 × 6 and 8.25 × 8.25 in | 24–800 | 24–750 | 24–784 | 72–600 | 24–800 |
| 8.5 × 8.5 and 8.5 × 11 in | 24–590 | 24–550 | 24–578 | 72–600 | 24–590 |
| 8.27 × 11.69 in (A4) | 24–780 | 24–730 | 24–764 | Not offered | 24–590 |
| Hardcover (5 trims) | 75–550 | 75–550 | Not offered | Not offered | 75–550 |

## How KDP counts pages

Every sheet of paper has a front and a back, so it counts as two pages, and an odd page count is rounded up to the next even number. Blank pages count toward the total, but KDP allows no more than 4 consecutive blank pages at the beginning or in the middle of the file, and no more than 10 at the end.

## Page counts that change your book

- 80 pages: the minimum for text on the spine (KDP: books with more than 79 pages).
- 108 pages: on Amazon.com, black-and-white paperbacks up to this count pay a flat printing fee; above it a per-page rate applies. Premium color pays a flat fee up to 40 pages.
- 150, 300, 500 and 700 pages: past each of these, the minimum gutter steps up.
- 75 pages: the hardcover minimum, so short picture books can only be paperbacks.
- 120 pages: hardcovers above this count get headbands.

## Example: counting a coloring book

A kids' coloring book with 50 designs printed on one side only (a blank back stops markers from bleeding through) uses 100 pages. Add a title page, a copyright page and a "this book belongs to" page, each with a blank back, and the book has 106 pages.

At 8.5 × 11 in in black and white, that is inside the flat-fee range on Amazon.com: $2.84 per copy, with a minimum list price of $5.68.

## Common mistakes

- Inserting 5 or more blank pages in a row in the middle of the book, for example as spacers between sections.
- Counting sheets instead of pages: a 50-sheet book has 100 pages.
- Building the cover before the page count is final. The spine, and so the whole cover, changes with it.
- Planning a 24- or 32-page hardcover picture book. KDP hardcovers need at least 75 pages.
- Expecting cream paper to hold as many pages as white: 776 instead of 828 on most trims.

In kdpbook.io: kdpbook counts pages the way KDP does and sizes the spine and cover from the final count.