How many of you are Kindle Unlimited members? I have to confess until my first book had been out for quite a while I had no idea what KU was, so I didn’t make the book available on the service for a little over six months.
Then, a fantastic author and friend, Lori Roberts Herbst (her Callie Cassidy series is wonderful), encouraged me to check out KU, and, oh, what a difference it’s made!
Readers who subscribe to Kindle Unlimited pay a monthly fee that allows them to read any kindle books that are part of the program for “free”—granted one pays about $9.99 a month, but if you’re like me, I easily spend that on a single paperback or ebook. If you’re a devourer of books, and you do your reading on a kindle, KU is a really good deal.
Several folks have asked me how the author benefits from KU. We make an estimated $4.75 for every 1200 pages read–the amount varies from month to month depending on the number of people who are KU members, and I always estimate on the low side.
Now, that doesn’t sound like much, but since I listed my books on KU a little more than a year ago over four million pages of my books have been read.
That’s pretty darned cool. Thanks for “listening” to my TED talk. 😉😉
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Wow!! No e-reader for me but I’m thrilled for you!!
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Sounds like you made the right decision. Congratulations!
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Certainly pretty darned cool
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Wee done that girl xxxx
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Thank you! It’s only been recently that I’ve been able to get those reports. I was hanging on to the old KDP report and had no idea what my numbers really were.
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Good you have them now xxxx
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I don’t have a Kindle, but I do have a Kobo.
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This is so cool! Well done! I always thought that Kindle Unlimited was terrible for authors because how could the possibly gain anything from us reading free books! But now I see there is a benefit 🙂
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I make most of my royalties from Kindle Unlimited, but I used to think the same thing.
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Wow, I didn’t know! That’s a lot of pages. Funding your trips.
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I didn’t realize it until very recently. Amazon changed its reporting system for royalties and like the old curmudgeon I am, I clung to the old version for as long as possible. Now, I’m getting much better information.
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