Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Totaled $17.8 Million in April 2017

15.05.2017 Nate Hoffelder 1 Comment

On Monday Amazon announced that the funding pool for Kindle Unlimited rose to $17.8 million for April 2017, an increase of around $100,000 from March 2017.

In related news, stats from Self Publisher Bibel show that the per-page royalty rate essentially remained flat in April 2017 at $0.0046. The rate for Japan rose slightly while the per-page rate for Netherlands, France, Italy, and Spain dipped.

• US: $0.0046 (USD)
• Germany: €0.0031 (EUR)
• UK: £0.0034 (GBP)
• Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy: €0.0045 (EUR)
• Brazil: R$ 0.01111 (BRL)
• Japan: 0.5377 (JPY)
• Mexico, Australia, India, Canada: no data

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
• January 2017: : $17.8 million
• February 2017: : $16.8 million
• March 2017: $17.7 million
• April 2017: $17.8 million

Self Publisher Bibel

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