Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in January 2019 as the Per-Page Rate Fell

15.02.2019 Nate Hoffelder 1 Comment

Amazon informed authors on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $24.7 million  (plus bonuses) in January 2019, up from $23.7 million December .

At the same time the per-page rate royalty fell to $0.00442265, compared to $0.0048737 in December and $0.005206 in November 2018. The rate dropped in all markets where I have data.

• US: $0.0044 (USD)
• UK: £0.0032 (GBP)
• Canada: $0.0039 (CAD)
• Germany: €0.0027 (EUR)
• France: €0.0040 (EUR)
• Spain: €0.0043 (EUR)
• Italy: €0.0044 (EUR)
• Brazil: R$ 0.0087 (BRL)
• Japan: 0.5309 (JPY )
• Australia: $0.0035 (AUD)
• India:  0.8603 INR
• Netherlands, Mexico: 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

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