# Amazon KDP rule changes: a dated timeline (2023–2026)

Source: https://kdpbook.io/kdp/changes · Updated 2026-10-15

KDP rule changes since 2023, dated and sourced: 2 new titles created and submitted per format a week, the Kindle 70% band up to $12.99, 50% print royalty.

Checked against KDP Help on 2026-09-26.

## KDP rule changes, newest first (https://kdpbook.io/kdp/changes)
Checked 2026-10-15. Since 2023, Amazon KDP made AI-content disclosure mandatory (September 6, 2023), refused MOBI for fixed-layout eBooks (March 18, 2025), cut the print royalty to 50% below $9.99 (June 10, 2025), raised the Kindle 70% ceiling to $12.99 (July 7, 2026) and capped new titles at 2 created (September 21, 2026) and 2 submitted (October 5, 2026) per format a week.

- October 5, 2026 · First-time submissions capped at 2 per format per week: KDP added a second weekly limit next to the creation limit: an account can submit up to 2 new titles per book format each week for publication, counted the first time a title is submitted, titles previously saved as drafts included. Updates to titles already submitted don’t count. The two limits are separate, apply to eBook, paperback and hardcover separately, and both reset every Sunday at 12:00 AM UTC. (Date: KDP’s Create a Book help page gives no date. KDP dated the change “[Update as of October 5, 2026]” in its Community post on title creation limits, retitled “Update on KDP Title Creation Limits – October 2026”.) Affects: Authors who set up several books as drafts to publish together: series launches, low-content or puzzle-book catalogs, many formats at once. A backlog of drafts now goes out at the weekly pace. kdpbook.io: kdpbook.io applies neither limit and never counts your slots: KDP decides, on its own pages. When the kdpbook Publisher extension creates a book’s KDP title (with KDP’s own button, or you click it), that uses one creation slot in its format; your Publish click is the title’s first submission and uses one submission slot. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202172740, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/KDP-Title-Creation-Limits-Update?language=en_US, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201857950
- October 2026 · Low-content book reviews may take 3-4 weeks: KDP now says that reviews of low-content books, such as journals or notebooks, may take 3-4 weeks to complete “due to higher-than-normal publishing volumes”; its help pages said up to 10 business days before. Other books still take up to 3 business days to go live, and the detail page of a new paperback or hardcover appears within up to 72 hours on Amazon.com and up to 5 days on other marketplaces. KDP now adds that publishing may take up to 6 days for accounts without a previously published book. (Date: KDP gave no date. Its Book Status and Timelines help pages said “up to 10 business days” for low-content books in the copies archived on October 4, 2026; read on October 15, 2026, both say reviews may take 3-4 weeks.) Affects: Authors of journals, notebooks, planners and logbooks, above all dated or seasonal ones such as a 2027 planner or a holiday journal: submit them weeks earlier than before. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200627450, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202173620, https://web.archive.org/web/20261004104109/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200627450, https://web.archive.org/web/20261004104109/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202173620
- September 22, 2026 · Kindle Previewer 4 replaces Kindle Previewer 3: KDP released Kindle Previewer 4, its free desktop tool for checking how an eBook will look on Kindle devices and apps, “replacing Kindle Previewer 3”. It runs on Windows 10 or later and on Intel and Apple silicon Macs with macOS 12 or later, keeps the same features and file formats (EPUB, KPF and Word files among them), and is a separate installation that offers to remove the older version. KDP’s Kindle Previewer help page now offers version 4. (Date: Date of KDP’s announcement in its Community forum, as its announcements list shows it.) Affects: Authors who check their Kindle eBooks before publishing, Mac users with Apple silicon in particular. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202131170, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Kindle-Previewer-4-now-available-for-download?language=en_US
- September 21, 2026 · New titles capped at 2 per format per week: KDP now lets an account create 2 new titles per book format each week: eBook, paperback and hardcover are counted separately, and the count resets every Sunday at 12:00 AM UTC. The previous limit was 10 per format per week. KDP Help no longer invites publishers to ask for an exception. The limit counts only new titles: existing and published titles are not affected. A separate limit on first-time submissions followed on October 5, 2026. Affects: Authors who start several books or formats in the same week: rapid-release series, large low-content or puzzle-book catalogs, publishers with many imprints. kdpbook.io: kdpbook.io never applies this limit for you nor blocks a new title over it: KDP decides, on its own page. When KDP refuses a new title, the kdpbook Publisher extension shows KDP’s own message and lets you fill a draft you already have. Planning your releases stays with you. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201857950, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/KDP-Title-Creation-Limits-Update?language=en_US, https://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-cuts-kdp-weekly-upload-limit/
- September 2, 2026 · Kindle eBook pre-orders up to 18 months ahead: For pre-orders set up on or after September 2, 2026, a Kindle eBook can go on pre-order up to 18 months before its release date (12 months before), and the release date can be postponed twice, by up to 6 months in total (before: one postponement of up to 30 days). A first missed deadline or cancellation costs nothing; after a second, KDP suspends pre-orders for 6 months across the whole catalog (1 year under the old policy). Up to 10 pre-orders can be active at a time, and the final file is due 72 hours before release. Pre-orders set up earlier keep the old rules. Affects: eBook authors who plan a series or a launch far ahead, now that new titles are also limited per format each week. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201499380, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Set-up-pre-orders-up-to-18-months-in-advance?language=en_US
- July 7, 2026 · Kindle 70% royalty band raised to $12.99: The 70% royalty option now covers Kindle eBooks listed from $2.99 to $12.99 on Amazon.com, up from a $9.99 ceiling that had been in place since 2007. Other marketplaces moved the same way: £12.99, €12.99, C$12.99, A$15.99, ¥1,650, ₹599, R$31.99 and MX$199.99. The 70% option still subtracts a delivery cost ($0.15 per MB on Amazon.com). Books already published keep their price and royalty option until you change them. Example: A $11.99 eBook with a 2 MB file on Amazon.com earned only the 35% option before: $4.20 per sale. It can now take 70%: 70% × ($11.99 − $0.30 delivery) = $8.18 per sale. Affects: Authors who price eBooks between $10.00 and $12.99 (long novels, box sets, specialist nonfiction): that range earned 35% before. kdpbook.io: The free royalty calculator and the royalties guide use the new band in every marketplace. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634560, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200644210, https://janefriedman.com/kindle-direct-publishing-extends-70-percent-royalty-on-ebooks-from-9-99-price-point-to-12-99/
- May–July 2026 · KDP Select All Stars renamed KDP Select Bonus: KDP’s help page for the monthly bonus paid to Kindle eBooks in KDP Select, on top of their Kindle Unlimited earnings, is now titled “KDP Select Bonus” instead of “KDP Select All Stars”. The rules it gives are the ones it already gave: a discretionary bonus that uses a variety of customer signals in addition to pages read, open to any KDP Select eBook that follows the content guidelines, paid about 60 days after the month, with no separate Author or Illustrated Kids’ Book bonuses (already the case in the copy archived on June 25, 2024). (Date: KDP gave no date. Its help page was titled “KDP Select All Stars” in the copy archived on May 28, 2026 and “KDP Select Bonus” in the copy archived on July 27, 2026. KDP’s monthly fund updates still said “All Stars Bonus” on September 15, 2026.) Affects: Authors with Kindle eBooks in KDP Select, picture-book authors included: there is one bonus for every eligible eBook, not a separate one for illustrated children’s books. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201623400, https://web.archive.org/web/20260528034518/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201623400, https://web.archive.org/web/20260727220834/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201623400, https://web.archive.org/web/20240625151327/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201623400, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/KDP-Select-Global-Fund-and-All-Stars-Bonus-Update---August-2026?language=en_US
- May 21, 2026 · No printing-cost changes for 2026: After its annual review, KDP announced that printing fees would not change in 2026. The printing costs in effect since June 10, 2025 still apply: a 300-page black-and-white 6 × 9 in paperback costs $4.60 to print on Amazon.com, for example. Affects: Everyone who sells paperbacks or hardcovers. kdpbook.io: The free printing cost calculator uses KDP’s current tables for all 14 print marketplaces. Sources: https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Printing-fees-update-for-2026?language=en_US, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834340
- Late May 2026 · Groundwood paper opens to all black-and-white paperbacks: Groundwood paper joined white and cream as a paper for black-and-white paperbacks, in every trim size and all 14 paperback marketplaces. KDP says it costs about 5% less per page than white or cream paper. It isn’t offered for hardcovers or color interiors, and KDP may move books with heavy ink coverage back to white or cream. Its thickness differs from both, so switching a book above 350 pages (from cream) or 525 pages (from white) needs a new cover with a different spine width. (Date: KDP gave no date. Its Groundwood Paper help page said “beta participants only” in the copy archived on May 17, 2026, and “all eligible paperbacks” in the copy archived on May 28, 2026. The copy archived on April 3, 2026 already described the beta.) Affects: Authors of novels and other text-heavy black-and-white paperbacks who want a lower printing cost. kdpbook.io: Groundwood is one of the papers offered for black-and-white paperbacks in the format step, and the spine width and printing cost calculators include it. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G99WKT9FARBGHBJF, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834180, https://web.archive.org/web/20260403173436/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G99WKT9FARBGHBJF, https://web.archive.org/web/20260517042401/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G99WKT9FARBGHBJF, https://web.archive.org/web/20260528034507/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G99WKT9FARBGHBJF
- January 20, 2026 · DRM-free Kindle books can be downloaded as EPUB and PDF: Buyers of Kindle eBooks published without DRM (digital rights management) can now download EPUB and PDF copies from their Amazon account. For books published before December 9, 2025 without DRM, the download is offered only after the author confirms the choice in KDP. Kindle Unlimited borrowers can’t download these files. The DRM setting can be changed at any time: applying DRM stops new downloads, but readers keep the files they already have. Affects: Authors who publish eBooks without DRM, and anyone choosing between DRM and DRM-free. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GDDXGH9VR22ACM8U, https://kindlepreneur.com/amazon-drm-epub-downloads/, https://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-shifts-drm-rules/
- November 2025 · Transparency codes retired from new print books: KDP no longer adds Transparency codes to the barcodes of print books created after November 2025. Books published before then may still print with one, and scanning those codes keeps working. (Date: KDP Help gives the month, not a day.) Affects: Paperback authors who used Transparency codes. There is nothing to do for new books. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G5HDYGP4BXLX4RUW, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GGE5T76TWKA85DJM
- November 6, 2025 · Kindle Translate: free AI translation for KDP eBooks (beta): Amazon announced Kindle Translate, a free service that uses AI to translate an eligible KDP eBook into another language. It is an invite-only beta. Translated titles carry a language label in the Amazon store, readers can preview a sample, and the titles can be enrolled in KDP Select. On June 30, 2026, Amazon listed translation between English and Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese. Whether a Kindle Translate edition needs KDP’s AI-translation disclosure is not documented on the pages we read. Affects: eBook authors invited to the beta who want editions in other languages. Sources: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-and-authors/amazon-kindle-translate-books-authors, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GRSNH76FDTJHRX49
- August–November 2025 · Title creation limit set at 10 per format per week: KDP Help started to give a number for its title creation limit: 10 new titles per book format each week. Until then the page only said that titles were limited “within a specific period of time”. Publishers who expected to create many titles could still ask KDP for an exception. It lasted until September 20, 2026. (Date: KDP gave no date. Its Paperback Submission Guidelines gave no number in the copy archived on August 7, 2025, and said “10 per book format each week” in the copy archived on November 9, 2025. ALLi dates the ten-title limit to 2025.) Affects: Authors and publishers who create many titles. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20250807225305/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201857950, https://web.archive.org/web/20251109030924/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201857950, https://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-cuts-kdp-weekly-upload-limit/
- June 10, 2025 · 50% print royalty below $9.99, cheaper color printing: Paperbacks and hardcovers listed below $9.99, €9.99, £7.99, C$13.99, A$13.99, ¥1,000 and 40 PLN now earn 50% of the list price minus printing, instead of 60%; at or above those prices they still earn 60%. On Amazon.se the announcement said 99 SEK, while KDP’s paperback royalty page and calculator use 110 SEK. Before, KDP paid a fixed 60% on print books at any price. In the same review KDP lowered some color printing costs: standard color on Amazon.com went from $0.027 to $0.0255 per page, and premium color got cheaper on Amazon.co.uk, .de, .fr, .es, .it and .nl. Affects: Authors of low-priced print books (coloring, activity and puzzle books, journals, short children’s books). At $9.98 a book earns 50%; one cent more earns 60%. kdpbook.io: The free royalty calculator and the minimum list price in the printing cost calculator apply both bands in every print currency. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20250521110012/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834330, https://web.archive.org/web/20250504180322/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834330, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834330, https://web.archive.org/web/20250507122700/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834340, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834340, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Changes-to-KDP-royalty-rates-for-print-books-priced-below-certain-list-prices-for-example-less-than-9-99-USD-and-updates-to-color-printing-costs?language=en_US
- March 18, 2025 · Kindle Kids’ Book Creator and Kindle Comic Creator retired, MOBI refused for fixed layout: KDP stopped accepting MOBI files for fixed-layout eBooks, the files Kindle Kids’ Book Creator and Kindle Comic Creator produced, and both tools were retired (KDP’s announcement put the end of their downloads on February 6, 2025). Fixed-layout books are now uploaded as KPF files made in Kindle Create, or as EPUB (KDP also takes JPG images, but only for episode-based manga published in Japan). Reflowable MOBI had already ended on August 1, 2021. Books already published stay on sale; an update needs a new file. Affects: Authors of picture books, comics and other fixed-layout Kindle books, including anyone updating an older one. kdpbook.io: Fixed-layout book types export a fixed-layout EPUB 3 file, checked with EPUBCheck. kdpbook.io never produces MOBI. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GULSQMHU5MNH4EZM, https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Kindle-Comic-Creator-and-Kindle-Kids-Book-Creator-will-be-unavailable-from-March-18-2025?language=en_US, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GJMRD9F78MS9F43R
- February 26, 2025 · Kindle Vella closed: Amazon closed Kindle Vella, its program for serialized stories, on February 26, 2025. Episodes are no longer for sale; readers who bought them can still read them in the Kindle apps. The last day to upload new episodes was December 4, 2024, and KDP encourages republishing Vella stories as eBooks. Affects: Kindle Vella authors. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GUJHP3574Z3DLPZD, https://selfpublishingadvice.org/kindle-vella/
- August 2024 · Identity verification for KDP accounts: KDP started asking authors and publishers to verify their identity with a photo of a government-issued ID, matched against their account information; at first only some accounts were asked. KDP Help now says KDP notifies the accounts that need to verify, that the name and country in the account’s Your Identity section must match the ID, that it may re-verify identity from time to time to protect against fraud and abuse, and that it may restrict access to publishing features or close an account that doesn’t complete it. (Date: KDP’s help page gives no date. Written Word Media reported the new verification on August 2, 2024 and ALLi on August 3, 2024, quoting KDP: “Beginning today, KDP authors and publishers may be prompted to submit a photo of their government-issued identification.”) Affects: Every KDP account holder KDP asks to verify, at sign-up or later. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GH7TYHP6FR9QAUM9, https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/kdp-identity-verification-requirement-for-authors/, https://selfpublishingadvice.org/identity-verification/
- November 2023 · Audiobooks with virtual voice (beta): KDP started a beta that turns an eligible eBook into an audiobook narrated by computer-generated speech, sold wherever Audible titles are sold. At launch, Publishers Weekly reported list prices of $3.99 to $14.99, a 40% royalty, and a label on every such audiobook. KDP Help now describes it as an invite-only beta, for books distributed in the US marketplace only. (Date: Reported by Publishers Weekly on November 1, 2023.) Affects: eBook authors invited to the beta. Sources: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/93625-kindle-direct-publishing-will-beta-test-virtual-voice-narrated-audiobooks.html, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GMPQGZAZJH6FF456
- September 18, 2023 · New titles capped at 3 a day: KDP lowered the volume limit it already had on new titles “to help protect against abuse”, to three new titles a day. KDP said very few publishers would be impacted, and that those who were would be notified and could ask for an exception. (Date: Date of KDP’s announcement in the KDP Community forum. The post gave no number; the Authors Guild reported on September 27, 2023 that KDP confirmed three titles a day.) Affects: Accounts creating many titles a day. Sources: https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Update-on-KDP-Title-Creation-Limits?language=en_US, https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/93207-kdp-will-limit-daily-number-of-new-titles.html, https://authorsguild.org/news/amazon-adds-to-kdp-generative-ai-policy-caps-daily-self-publishing-uploads/
- September 6, 2023 · AI-generated content must be disclosed: KDP’s content guidelines began requiring publishers to tell KDP when a book contains AI-generated text, images or translations, when they publish a new book or edit and republish one. Content an AI tool created counts as AI-generated even after substantial edits; AI-assisted content (your own work that you edited, refined or error-checked with AI) needs no disclosure. At launch, the Authors Guild noted that the answers go to Amazon, which had not agreed to show them on book listings. (Date: KDP announced the rule in a KDP Community post late on September 6, 2023 (Publishers Weekly, September 7). It is in the copy of KDP’s Content Guidelines archived on September 7, 2023, and not in the copy archived on August 14, 2023.) Affects: Everyone publishing a book with AI-generated text, images (covers included) or translations. kdpbook.io: The listing sheet suggests the disclosure answers from what kdpbook.io actually generated. You still answer the question in KDP, once per format. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390, https://web.archive.org/web/20230814113743/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390, https://web.archive.org/web/20230907185500/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390, https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/93122-amazon-issues-new-ai-guidelines-for-its-kdp-platform.html, https://authorsguild.org/news/amazons-new-disclosure-policy-for-ai-generated-book-content-is-a-welcome-first-step/
- June 20, 2023 · Printing costs go up: KDP raised printing costs from 12:00 AM UTC that day. Jane Friedman noted it was the first increase since KDP’s print service launched in 2016. On Amazon.com the fixed cost of a black-and-white paperback of 110 pages or more rose from $0.85 to $1.00 per book, and large trims (wider than 6.12 in or taller than 9 in) got their own, higher rates. Affects: All paperback and hardcover authors, most of all those with large-trim books. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20230512023225/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834340, https://web.archive.org/web/20230729170720/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834340, https://janefriedman.com/increased-printing-costs-at-amazon-kdp/
- Late May or early June 2023 · Three Amazon categories per format, chosen at setup: Authors now choose three Amazon store categories per format when they set up a book, instead of two BISAC categories plus up to ten more requested from KDP after publication. KDP stopped accepting requests to add or update categories, and the categories on offer depend on the primary marketplace. (Date: KDP gave no date. Its categories help page still described two BISAC categories in the copy archived on May 30, 2023, and three Amazon categories in the copy archived on June 5, 2023.) Affects: Every author listing a book. kdpbook.io: The listing editor holds 3 categories, KDP’s limit per format, and can propose them; you then pick them in KDP’s category browser for each format. Sources: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200652170, https://web.archive.org/web/20230530081234/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200652170, https://web.archive.org/web/20230605173352/https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200652170, https://selfpublishingadvice.org/book-metadata-keywords-and-amazon-category-changes/

## Questions

Q: What is the KDP title creation limit in 2026?
A: 2 new titles per book format per week since September 21, 2026, and since October 5, 2026 a separate submission limit of 2 new titles per format per week, counted the first time a title is submitted for publication, drafts included. eBook, paperback and hardcover each have their own counts, which reset every Sunday at 12:00 AM UTC. The creation limit was 10 per format per week before that, and 3 new titles a day from September 18, 2023.

Q: When did the Kindle 70% royalty go up to $12.99?
A: On July 7, 2026. The 70% band on Amazon.com is now $2.99 to $12.99, up from $9.99, the ceiling since 2007. Existing books keep their price and royalty option until you change them.

Q: Do I have to change my eBook price after the 70% band change?
A: No. KDP keeps your list price and royalty option as they are. An eBook on 35% priced inside the new band can be switched to 70% on its pricing page if it meets the other conditions: at $11.99 with a 2 MB file, that is $8.18 per sale instead of $4.20.

Q: When did KDP print royalties drop to 50%?
A: On June 10, 2025. Paperbacks and hardcovers listed below $9.99 on Amazon.com (£7.99 on Amazon.co.uk, €9.99 on the euro marketplaces) earn 50% of the list price minus printing; at or above that price they earn 60%.

Q: Does KDP still accept MOBI files?
A: No. KDP stopped accepting MOBI for reflowable eBooks on August 1, 2021, and for fixed-layout eBooks on March 18, 2025, when Kindle Kids’ Book Creator and Kindle Comic Creator were retired. Upload EPUB or KPF (from Kindle Create) instead, or DOCX for a reflowable book; books already published stay on sale.

Q: Is Kindle Kids’ Book Creator still available?
A: No. KDP’s announcement put the end of the Kindle Kids’ Book Creator and Kindle Comic Creator downloads on February 6, 2025, and KDP stopped accepting the MOBI files they made for fixed-layout eBooks on March 18, 2025. Picture books and comics for Kindle are now made with Kindle Create (KPF) or as fixed-layout EPUB files.

Q: When did KDP start requiring AI disclosure?
A: In September 2023: KDP announced the rule on September 6, 2023. Publishers must tell KDP about AI-generated text, images or translations when they publish or republish a book; content they wrote themselves and only edited with AI needs no disclosure.

Q: Did KDP change printing costs in 2026?
A: No. KDP announced on May 21, 2026 that printing fees would not change in 2026. The most recent change took effect on June 10, 2025 (cheaper color printing in some marketplaces); before that, KDP raised printing costs on June 20, 2023. Groundwood paper, about 5% cheaper per page, opened to all black-and-white paperbacks in late May 2026.

Q: Have KDP’s hardcover page limits changed?
A: We found no dated change. On September 28, 2026, KDP Help gave 75 to 550 pages for a hardcover, which is case laminate only, with no dust jacket. Paperbacks run from 24 pages to a maximum that depends on trim, ink and paper (up to 828).

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