Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Dips in March 2018 as the Funding Pool Increases
While the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew by 5% in March 2018, the per-page royalty did not.
Amazon announced on Friday that the funding pool increased to $21 million in March, up from $20 million in February. At the same time the per-page rate dropped to $0.00449 in March from $0.00466 in February 2018 and $0.00448 for January.
From Self-Publisher Bibel (please fill in the missing numbers):
- US: $0.0045 (USD)
- Germany: €0.0031 (EUR)
- Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy: €0.0045 (EUR)
- Canada: $0.0046 (CAD)
- Brazil: R$ 0.0109 (BRL)
- Japan: 0.5568 (JPY)
- UK, Mexico, Australia, Canada, India: unknown
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
- 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
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