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Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Dips Below Half a Cent in December 2018 while the Funding Pool Grew

Amazon sent ut an email to authors on Tuesday with the news that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.7 million  (plus bonuses) in December 2018 , up from $23.6 million November.

At the same time the per-page rate royalty fell to $0.0048737, compared to $0.005206 in November and and $0.0048413 in October 2018.  The page rate did not decrease uniformly in all markets; the UK rate actually increased.

  • US: $0.0049 (USD)
  • UK: £0.0039 (GBP)
  • Canada: $0.0043 (CAD)
  • Germany: €0.0030 (EUR)
  • France: €0.0042 (EUR)
  • Spain: €0.0045 (EUR)
  • Italy: €0.0048 (EUR)
  • Brazil: R$ 0.0096 (BRL)
  • Japan: 0.5851 (JPY )
  • Australia: $0.0039 (AUD)
  • Mexico: 008111 MXP
  • India:  0.947985 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

via Self Publisher Bibel

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