The KDP Select Global Fund for Kindle Unlimited for September 2022 stayed at the same level as in August at $45.1 million while the KENP rate rose sharply.
It’s been quite a while since the KDP fund recorded a standstill, as it’s often edged up by $100,00. The $45.1 million payout in September did, however, represent a 13.6% increase on an annualised basis from $39.7 million in September 2021.
The US KENP rate for September 2022 rose strongly to $0.0047 from $0.0042 in August 2022.
In the UK, the KENP rate for September 2022 also increased to £0.0033 from £0.0030 in August.
Readership figures fell back as my calculations indicate there could have been 9.59 billion KENPs read during September, down from the massive total of around 10.73 billion KENPs in August.
The figures I use for total KENPs read are entirely unofficial and use a calculation of dividing the total KDP Select Global Fund ($45.1 million) by the US KENP rate ($0.0047). These estimates are based entirely on the amount paid out under the KDP Select Global fund and are only an indication of possible trends.
September 2022 continued with the new increased monthly payouts of $1.5 million for the expanded KDP Select All-Stars bonuses awarded to best-selling authors and extended to all KDP markets.
Kindle Vella monthly bonus hits the million-dollar mark
The September 2022 Kindle Vella bonus rose to $1,000,000 from $975,000 in August, repeating recent monthly increases of $25,000.
Amazon says the bonus program is ongoing and bonuses will continue to be awarded as the program grows. For September, stories are paid based on share of overall customer activity such as Faves, Follows, and Token redemption (free and paid), as well as publishing activity, including the number of new episodes and frequency of episodes published in September.
If you’ve earned a bonus for September, you will get an email and will see the bonus amount posted in your Kindle Vella Dashboard (https://kdpreports.amazon.com/kindle-vella). Your bonus and Kindle Vella royalty earnings will be paid out with your total KDP payments in November.
Amazon will continue to compensate episodes unlocked using free Tokens at the 200-Token bundle rate through December 2022 and this compensation will be included with your overall bonus amount.
You can get more information on Kindle Vella royalties and reporting at: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G5TFR9WSHB46ZKFN
KINDLE UNLIMITED PAYOUTS 2020-2022
The US KENP payout figures for 20120-2022 are:
2020
January: $0.0044
February: $0.0045
March: $0.0046
April: $0.0042
May: $0.0042
June: $0.0045
July: $0.0043
August: $0.0043
September: $0.0045
October: $0.0045
November: $0.0046
December: $0.0045
2021
January: $0.0042
February: $0.0045
March: $0.0044
April: $0.0045
May: $0.0044
June: $0.0044
July: $0.0043
August: $0.0042
September: $0.0045
October: $0.0045
November: $0.0047
December: $0.0047
2022
January: $0.0043
February: $0.0045
March: $0.0043
April: $0.0044
May: $0.0045
June: $0.0046
July: $0.0043
August: $0.0042
September: $0.0047
The monthly KDP Select Global Fund totals for 2020-2022 are:
2020
January: $28.2 million
February: $27.2 million
March: $29 million
April: $30.3 million
May: $32.2 million
June: $32.3 million
July: $32.4 million
August: $32.6 million
September: $32.7 million
October: $32.9 million
November: $33.2 million
December: $34 million
Total for 2020: $377 million
Annual increase from 2019 to 2020: 25%
2021
January: $36 million
February: $33.5 million
March: $35.4 million
April: $35.5 million
May: $35.9 million
June: $36.5 million
July: $38.1 million
August: $39.6 million
September: $39.7 million
October: $39.8 million
November: $39.9 million
December: $40.2 million
Total for 2021: $450.1 million
Annual increase from 2020 to 2021: 19%
2022
January: $42.9 million
February: $39.4 million
March: $41.4 million
April: $41.5 million
May: $43.3 million
June: $43.4 million
July: $45 million
August: $45.1 million
September: $45.1 million
The annual total figures for Kindle Unlimited since it started are:
2014: $31.735 million (Jul-Dec)
2015: $131.6 million
2016: $186 million
2017: $222.6 million
2018: $267.8 million
2019: $301.4 million
2020: $377 million
2021: $450.1 million
2022: $387.1 million so far
Grand total overall since Kindle Unlimited launched in July 2014 of $2,329,335,000 ($2.329 billion)