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Kindle Unlimited Per Page Rose in February 2019 as the Funding Pool Shrank

Amazon informed authors on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool shrank in February. It totaled $23.5 million, down from $24.7 million in January 2019.

At the same time the per-page rate royalty increase to $0.0047821 (USD), compared to $0.00442265 in January,  $0.0048737 in December, and $0.005206 in November 2018.

  • US: $0.0049 (USD)
  • UK: £0.0034 (GBP)
  • Canada: $0.0042 (CAD)
  • Germany: €0.0029 (EUR)
  • France: €0.0044 (EUR)
  • Spain: €0.0046 (EUR)
  • Italy: €0.0047 (EUR)
  • Brazil: R$ 0.0094 (BRL)
  • Japan: 0.5309 (JPY )
  • Australia: $0.0038 (AUD)
  • Mexico: 0080 MXP
  • India:  0.9301 INR
  • Netherlands: unknown

Here’s a list of the monthly funding pools. It does not include the bonuses paid out each month.

  • 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
  • September 2016: $15.9 million
  • October 2016: $16.2 million
  • November 2016: $16.3 million
  • December 2016: $16.8 million
  • January 2017: : $17.8 million
  • February 2017: : $16.8 million
  • March 2017: $17.7 million
  • April 2017: $17.8 million
  • May 2017 :$17.9 million
  • June 2017: $18 million
  • July 2017: $19 million
  • August 2017: $19.4 million
  • September 2017: $19.5 million
  • October 2017: $19.7 million
  • November 2017: $19.8 million
  • December 2017: $19.9 million
  • January 2018: $20.9 million
  • February 2018: $20 million
  • March 2018: $21 million
  • April 2018: $21.2 million
  • May 2018: $22.5 million
  • June 2018: $22.6 million
  • July 2018: $23.1 million
  • August 2018: $23.3 million
  • September 2018: $23.4 million
  • October 2018: $23.5 million
  • November 2018: $23.6 million
  • December 2018: $23.7 million
  • January 2019: $24.7 million
  • February 2019: $23.5 million

via Self Publisher Bibel

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Gordon Horne March 15, 2019 um 4:00 pm

A little back of the envelop figuring:
Page reads Nov 18 – Dec 18 +329.6million +7.27%
Dec 18 – Jan 19 +726.1million +14.93%
Jan 19 – Feb 19 -674.7million -12.07%

It’s only a couple of data points, but it looks like ±15% in your monthly KU page reads is just variability in the system.


Disgusting Dude March 15, 2019 um 5:02 pm

Look to previous years.
January always booms, February always drops a bit.
It’s seasonality.

Nate Hoffelder March 15, 2019 um 7:54 pm

yep


Chris Lopes March 15, 2019 um 5:11 pm

While KU is a great deal for us readers, I don’t know if it’s such a great deal for authors or publishers. At a base rate of .005 cents per page, a 300 page book works out to 1.5 cents per book. That doesn’t sound like a lot for a book that normally retails for 4.99.


gbm March 15, 2019 um 7:46 pm

That is $1.43per book 300x.0047821=1.4346


Disgusting Dude March 15, 2019 um 7:56 pm

That’s not print pages.
It’s for KENPCs, a virtual page spec. Plus, you slipped the decimal point two spaces. (Those are fractional dollars quoted.) So it’s around a half cent per KENPC.
A typical full read on a novel will deliver anywhere from $1.25 to well over $5.00 depending on length.

Also, it’s a rental, not a sale. Oranges to Apples.


Richard Hershberger March 18, 2019 um 11:29 am

An artifact of February having fewer days?

Nate Hoffelder March 18, 2019 um 12:02 pm

that, too


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