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
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