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Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for February 2018 rises by 4.5% to $0.0046

By Roger Packer

The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for February 2018 showed its customary seasonal rise for the month to reach $0.0046 from $0.0044 in January.

February is a short month, of course, so the KDP Select Global fund usually shows a fall and this year it dropped by nearly $1 million to $20 million from $20.9 million in January. That’s not bad really as it’s a 4.3% fall in the fund while February is 9.6% shorter than January.

The KENP rate in the UK rose to £0.0035 from £0.0034 in January.

For February 2018, using the calculation of dividing the total KDP Select fund ($20 million) by the US KENP rate ($0.0046) to get an idea of the total number of KENPs read results in around 4.54 billion KENPs read during the month, down from the Christmas-boosted 4.75 billion KENPs in January, but up from 4.42 billion in December 2017 and 4.3 billion in November.


The US KENP payout figures for 2016, 2017 and 2018 are:


2016

  • January: $0.0041
  • February: $0.0047 (KENP v2.0 introduced)
  • March: $0.0047
  • April: $0.0048
  • May: $0.0046
  • June: $0.0049
  • July: $0.0048
  • August: $0.0045
  • September: $0.0049
  • October: $0.0052
  • November: $0.0053
  • December: $0.0052

2017

  • January: $0.0047
  • February: $0.0049
  • March: $0.0046
  • April: $0.0045
  • May: $0.0043
  • June: $0.0042
  • July: $0.0040
  • August: $0.0041 (KENP v3.0 introduced)
  • September: $0.0044
  • October: $0.0045
  • November: $0.0046
  • December: $0.0050

2018

  • January: $0.0044
  • February: $0.0046

The monthly KDP Select global fund totals for 2016, 2017 and 2018 are:


2016

  • January: $15 million
  • February: $14 million (KENP v2.0 introduced)
  • March: $14.9 million
  • April: $14.9 million
  • May: $15.3 million
  • June: $15.4 million
  • July: $15.5 million
  • August: $15.8 million
  • September: $15.9 million
  • October: $16.2 million
  • November: $16.3 million
  • December: $16.8 million

Overall total for 2016: $186 million


2017

  • January: $17.8 million
  • February: $16.8 million
  • March: $17.7 million
  • April: $17.8 million
  • May $17.9 million
  • June $18 million
  • July: $19 million
  • August: $19.4 million (KENP v3.0 introduced)
  • September $19.5 million
  • October $19.7 million
  • November: $19.8 million
  • December: $19.9 million

Overall total for 2017: $222.6 million


2018

  • January: $20.9 million
  • February $20 million

The annual total figures for KU since it started are:

2014: $31.735 million (Jul-Dec)

2015: $131.6 million

2016: $186 million

2017: $222.6 million

2018 (so far): $40.9 million

Grand total of $612.835 million


 

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Kindle Unlimited March 2018 KENP rate edges down to $0.0045

The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for March 2018 showed a small fall to $0.0045 from $0.0046 in Feberuary while the KDP Select Global fund hit a new high of $21 million, $1 million up from February but only marginally above January’s $20.9 million. Read more...

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