The total sum Amazon reserves for Kindle Unlimited authors is growing along side the subscription program,-which arrived in Mexico and Canada last week.
But the size of the individual authors receive payouts everytime Their titles are borrowed is not keeping pace.
That figure puts Publishers Lunch at Nearly $ 1.38 for January, about 5 cents lower than it was in December and the second-lowest since the program’s launch.
Last month, Amazon added $ 5.5 million to the pool through-which it compensates Kindle Unlimited authors, bringing the total fund to about $ 8.5 million-to be split 6.175 million ways .
Responding to criticism That Kindle Unlimited is a bad deal for some authors, Kindle head Russ Grandinetti Said at Digital Book World 2015 “We treat authors the same way we treat buying customers” and asked for patience Amazon axis tinkers with the model.
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