The Kindle Unlimited payout per KENP (Kindle Edition Normalized Page) to authors fell by 9% to $0.0041 in January from $0.0045 in December 2015 in spite of a 11% boost for the KDP Select global fund taking it to another new high of $15 million from $13.5 million in the previous month.
Roger Packer
Amazon sells over 1 million ebooks a day as indies tighten hold on Kindle market
Amazon is now selling over one million ebooks a day to bring in nearly $6 million, with indies becoming increasingly dominant as the market share for the Big 5 continues to fall.
Kindle Unlimited total ebook borrows hit over 100 million in 2015
It looks like Kindle Unlimited lent out nearly 107.76 million ebooks last year, which means the average payment over the year to authors was $1.21 per borrow.
The long and the short of the new Kindle Unlimited KENPC recount
Amazon has recalculated ebook lengths on Kindle Unlimited and there have been significant changes, with some novels seeing falls of 10% or more while some non-fiction titles have gained.
Bookouture sees huge rise in ebook sales to 2.47 million in 2015
Independent digital publisher Bookouture saw a massive increase in its ebook sales in 2015 and is looking for more authors to join its growing list.
How a new indie publisher made Calendar Girl a serial smash
A self-published writer is the driving force behind a new firm that takes on works by other self-published novelists and the company is already riding high with a phenomenally best-selling series.
Kindle Unlimited KENP payment for December 2015 falls by 8% after glitch sees Amazon remove sales reports
The Kindle Unlimited KENP payout to authors fell by 8% in December to $0.0045 per page after a glitch saw Amazon publish and then quickly remove sales reports for the month.
Big freeze as indies and Amazon imprints sweep Kindle Top 10
The Big 5 publishers have been frozen out of the Top 10 best-selling list on the Kindle Store, with indie publishers and Amazon imprints dividing up all 10 spots evenly between them.
Strong growth in ebook lending sees 33 libraries top million digital loans
The continuing rise in ebooks is illustrated clearly in new figures showing hundreds of libraries across North America set new annual records for lending digital books during 2015 while 33 library systems topped one million digital books circulated.
How indies can double their money with a Bookbub promotion
Ebook promotion site Bookbub has a 50-50 split on featured books between indie-published and traditionally published and the company claims the average partner doubled their investment on a promo last year.
The grapes of Rath — self-published sci-fi author tops ebook gift list
A self-published science fiction author had the most gifted Kindle book during the holiday season --- Rath's Deception by Piers Platt.