Kindle Unlimited Payout, Funding Jumps in June 2016

17.07.2016 Nate Hoffelder 6 Comments

Amazon announced on Friday that funding for Kindle Unlimited rose in June 2016, to $15.4 million. That represents a slight but noticeable increase of $100k from May 2016, and a new peak for the funding pool.

Reports from authors show that the per-page royalty rate also rose in June in most markets. The US rate rose to just under a half a cent per page, and almost every market except Germany saw a similar increase.

• US: $0.0049 (USD)
• UK: £0.0031 (GBP)
• Germany: €0.00333 (EUR)
• France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands: €0.00489 (EUR)
• Brazil: R$ 0.0113 (BRL)
• Mexico: $0.8191 (MXP)
• Canada: $0.0048 (CAD)
• Japan: ¥ 0.87 (JPY)
• Australia, India: no data

P.S. Here’s a list of the monthly funding pools. It does not include the bonuses paid out each month.

• May 2014: $1.2 million
• June 2014: $1.2 million
• 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

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