Amazon made their monthly report to KDP Select publishers over the weekend, electing to add $2.5 million to the compensation pool for October reads/borrows through Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owner’s Lending Library. But the most closely watched number by authors — the amount paid per read — declined again, to $1.33. That’s the lowest amount paid per read since KOLL began in late 2011. Authors were paid $1.52 per read for September (on 3.29 million reads), and $1.54 per read for August, the first full month of the Kindle Unlimited subscription program. As usual, authors’ opinions are mixed on Amazon’s forum and Kindle […]
