Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Royalty & Funding Pool Both Rose in October 2016

16.11.2016 Nate Hoffelder 1 Comment

The retailer formerly know as Amazon revealed on Tuesday that the funding pool for Kindle Unlimited and KDP Select increased in October 2016, to $16.2 million. That is a bump of $300,000 over September 2016.

I only have limited data for this month, but I can report that the royalty rate rose in both the US and Germany ($ .005189 and € 0.00358, respectively).

• US: $0.0052 (USD)
• Germany: €0.0036 (EUR)
• France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, UK, Mexico, Australia, India, Japan, Canada: no data

I don’t have info on other markets at this time.

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
• September 2016: $15.9 million
• October 2016: $16.2 million

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