The July 2022 Kindle Vella bonus is set at $950,000, continuing the slowdown in monthly increases after the June bonus also rose by $25,000 to $925,000.
However, the good news for Vella writers is that Amazon will continue to compensate episodes unlocked using free Tokens at the 200-Token bundle rate until December 2022 after previously extending it to July 2022.
The Vella program has paid out nearly $9 million to authors since launching in July 2021 and, up to April 2022, the bonus amounts had been generally rising at the rate of $50,000 a month.
The monthly bonus amounts over the first year of Vella are:
2021
July: $200,000
August: $450,000
September: $500,000
October: $550,000
November: $600,000
December: $650,0002022
January: $725,000
February: $775,000
March: $825,000
April: $875,000
May: $900,000
June: $925,000
July: $950,000Grand total since launch in July 2021: $8,925,000
Publishing on Vella is still only available to US-based authors. The top faved Vella serial of the past year has been The Marriage Auction by Audrey Carlan which has had 177,000 faves.
If you’ve earned a bonus for July, you’ll receive an email and will see the bonus amount posted in your Kindle Vella Dashboard (https://kdpreports.amazon.com/kindle-vella) today. Your bonus and Kindle Vella royalty earnings will be paid out with your total KDP payments in September.
For additional information on Kindle Vella royalties and reporting, you can go to: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G5TFR9WSHB46ZKFN