/lit/ - Literature

>>9733172
KENP so far today, 162. Average going rate for KENP? Roughly .47 to .5 of a US penny per page read.

162 x 0.47 = 76.14

So 76 US pennies is a reasonable minimum of what can be expected of 162 KENP. Three quarters and a penny. Canadian dollar and Australian dollar are roughly 1.3 dollars per 1 US dollar.

76.14 x 1.3 = 98.982

So damn near $0.99, roughly, in 'Straya or Canuckistan.

>How is KENP figured out?

It's not done until the end of the month. To my knowledge, and correct me if I'm wrong, but this is how I think it's worked out. ALL the money people spend on Kindle Unlimited subscriptions is added up. The amount that is to be given to the actual content creators (self-published authors like myself who contract their work to KDP Select, which is what I do with most of my books) is figured out, putting the profit for Kindle/Amazon aside. Next step is to add up all the Kindle Unlimited page reads for all books, though only the first time someone reads a book on Kindle Unlimited counts. If I were to buy a Kindle Unlimited sensorship and flip through my books over and over and over to try and rack up the KENP, I'll only be counted for the FIRST time I greedily swipe through the pages. Anyways, once ALL the KENP has been added up (God only knows the ridiculous number of page reads there must be every month), the money for the authors is divided by the KENP. Generally, as mentioned, about .47 to .5 of a US penny per page reads.

Below are the amount of KENP I made for just one book, and in US dollars. I didn't specifically check, but likely it's all for my first book; Living amongst the Dead. The 2 page reads I got from Brazil in October earned me 0.03 Brazilian... dollars? Don't know what they call their currency, but I got .03 of it.

>October 2016
15 page reads had earned me $0.08 USD (.53 US penny per page)
(I also got 2 page reads besides that from Brazil, which is cool)

>November 2016
I literally got no ebook sales or KENP this month

>December 2016
182 KENP earned me $0.95 USD (.52 US penny per page)

>January 2017
Absolutely no ebook sales or KENP this month

>February 2017
219 KENP earned me $1.09 USD (.497 US penny per page)

>March 2017 (The month I really started getting sales/KENP)
1750 KENP earned me $8.06 USD (.46 US penny per page)

>April 2017 (My most profitable month thus far)
818 KENP earned me $3.74 USD (.457 US penny per page)

>May 2017
1246 KENP earned me $5.41 USD (.43 US penny per page)

>June 2017 (least profitable month since February)
I checked but it would seem they're still doing the math for June. I get paid for June ebooks and KENP at the end of August so they still have plenty of time.

Well... sadly... it would seem my previous assessment of "average of .47-.5" hasn't held true for a few months now. There seems to be a steady downward trajectory, which is very unfortunate. Either people are giving up Kindle Unlimited memberships, or KU members are reading more books per month these days, I guess...