Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in August 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Didn’t Change
Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.3 million in August (plus bonuses), up from $23.1 million in July 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty essentially didn’t change, remaining at $0.004491, compared to $0.004460 in June and $0.00454 in May 2018.
- US: $0.0045 (USD)
- UK: £0.0034 (GBP)
- Canada: $0.0044 (CAD)
- Germany: €0.0029 (EUR)
- Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy: €0.0045 (EUR)
- Brazil: R$ 0.0109 (BRL)
- Japan: 0.5567 (JPY )
- India: 0.8736 (INR)
- Mexico, Australia: 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
Comments
Carmen Webster Buxton September 20, 2018 um 11:45 am
That makes sense if there are more books going into the KU program than are leaving it. So far, Amazon seems very committed to KU.
Allen F September 20, 2018 um 12:06 pm
Per-Page Rate seems to be high enough to keep enough writers in the KU, no reason for it to go up.
Steve H. September 20, 2018 um 9:51 pm
I recently jumped back into Kindle Unlimited for a couple months(I had KU for 3 months in 2015). Will jump back out and hopefully snag a year deal on Black Friday. Much better selection than 2015. They are dominant in the 5.99 and below sci-fi, fantasy and regular fiction categories. KU value is improving for avid readers.