Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate, Funding Pool Up in September 2017
For the second month in a row, Amazon has increased the royalty rate for Kindle Unlimited while also bumping the funding pool by $100,000 from August 2017.
The Kindle Unlimited Global Fund for September 2017 was $19.5 million, and the royalty rate was $0.0044253, a major increase over August ($0.00419 per page) and July ($0.00403 per page).
Both of the rate hikes followed the introduction of KENPC v3.0 on 1 August, suggesting that Amazon may have finally beaten the KU scammers.
The rates were up in most markets:
- US: $0.0044 (USD)
- Germany: €0.0030 (EUR)
- UK: £0.0034 (GBP)
- Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy: €0.0044 (EUR)
- Canada: $0.0044 (CAD)
- India: 0.0816 (INR)
- Brazil: R$ 0.0107PY)
- Australia: $0.0036 (AUD)
- Mexico: $0.0736 (MXP)
Not counting the bonuses, KU has paid out $213.1 million in the year ending September 2017. This market has grown to the point that it is bigger than any ebook retailer short of Apple, and with the way it is growing it will soon be bigger than any three ebook retailers (with the exception of Amazon and Apple, of course).
We are approaching the point that – demand for exclusivity or no – authors and publishers aren’t going to be able to ignore Kindle Unlimited. (Heck, I think we are already there.)
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
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