The Kindle Unlimited KENP payment rate to authors fell again in May 2017 to a new low under KENP v2.0 of $0.0043, down by 4.5% from $0.0045 in April.
The KDP Select Global fund for May rose by $100,000 to a record high of $17.9 million from $17.8 million in the previous month.
The KENP rate has fallen by 17% from December 2016’s figure of $0.0052 but May was the second-lowest KENP rate in 2016 so we might see some stronger results in the months to come.
Some of the other international KENP rates for May are:
- UK: £0.0032 (down from £0.0034 in April)
- Germany: €0.0029 (down from €0.0031 in April)
- Japan: ¥0.53 (no change from ¥0.53 in April)
- Canada: C$0.0043 (down from C$0.0045 in April)[clear-line]
Dividing the May 2017 KDP Select fund of $17.9 million by the US KENP rate of $0.0043 gives us a total of around 4.16 billion KENPs read during the month, which represents a 5% increase from 3.95 billion KENPs during April.
The US KENP payout figures since KENP v2.0 was introduced are:[clear-line]
2016
- February: $0.0047
- 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[clear-line]
2017
- January: $0.0047
- February: $0.0049
- March: $0.0046
- April: $0.0045
- May: $0.0043[clear-line]
The monthly KDP Select global fund totals since KENP v2.0 was introduced are:
2016
- February: $14 million
- 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[clear-line]
2017
- January: $17.8 million
- February: $16.8 million
- March: $17.7 million
- April: $17.8 million
- May $17.9 million