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Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool, Per-Page Royalty Both Rose in December 2016

Here’s some good news for authors: the Kindle Unlimited royalty stayed above half a cent per page for the third straight month.

According to Self-Publisher Bibel, the December royalty was 0.52396 cents. that is a slight decrease from the 0.5375 cents rate paid in November 2016, but still one of the highest rates since Amazon started paying by the page in the middle of 2015.

The country-specific rates are also up since the last time I had data to report, which was several months back.

  • US: $0.0052 (USD)
  • Germany: €0.0036 (EUR)
  • France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands: €0.0052 (EUR)
  • Brazil: R$ 0.01267 (BRL)
  • UK: £0.0038 (GBP)
  • Mexico: 0.0872 (MXN)
  • Australia, India, Japan, Canada: no data

Amazon announced that the monthly funding pool for December 2016 was $16.8 million, plus bonuses.

P.S. 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

Self-Publisher Bibel

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