Kindle Unlimited Funding Increases Slightly in August 2016
Amazon announced on Thursday that the funding pool for KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited rose slightly in August 2016, to $15.8 million. That represents an increase of $300k from July 2016, and a new peak for the funding pool.
According to SelfPublisherBibel.de, the per-page royalty dipped slightly in several markets, with the US declining from$0.0048 to $0.0046.
- US: $0.0046 (USD)
- Germany: €0.0033 (EUR)
- France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands: €0.0045 (EUR)
- Brazil: R$ 0.0111 (BRL)
- Japan: ¥ 0.5075 (JPY)
- UK: £0.0031 (GBP)
- Mexico, Australia, India, Japan, Canada: no data
P.S. Here’s a list of the monthly funding pools. It does not include the bonuses paid out each month.
- May 2014: $1.2 million
- June 2014: $1.2 million
- July 2014: $2.5 million (Kindle Unlimited launches early in the month)
- August 2014: $4.7 million
- September 2014: $5 million
- October 2014: $5.5 million
- November 2014: $6.5 million
- December 2014: $7.25 million
- January 2015 – $8.5 million
- February 2015: $8 million
- March 2015: $9.3 million
- April 2015: $9.8 million
- May 2015: $10.8 million
- June 2015: $11.3 million
- July 2015: $11.5 million
- August 2015: $11.8 million
- September 2015: $12 million
- October 2015: $12.4 million
- November 2015: $12.7 million
- December 2015: $13.5 million
- January 2016: $15 million
- February 2016: $14 million
- March 2016: $14.9 million
- April 2016: $14.9 million
- May 2016: $15.3 million
- June 2016: $15.4 million
- July 2016: $15.5 million
- August 2016: $15.8 million
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