KENP Rate 2026: what Kindle Unlimited pays per page

Last verified 2026-08-04 · Amazon updates the rate every month

Current estimate: ~$0.0048 per page — a 300-page book earns roughly $1.44 per full read. The rate has ranged from $0.0038 to $0.0052 over the past 12 months.

KENP rate — last 12 months

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Confirmed points: Feb 2026 = $0.00458 (kindlepreneur.com tracker), May–Jun 2026 ≈ $0.00489. Other months are mid-range estimates — treat as guidance, not exact payouts.

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What drives the monthly rate

Every month Amazon announces a KDP Select Global Fund and divides it by the total KENP read by Kindle Unlimited subscribers. June 2026's fund was $67.0 million. More pages read → lower rate; a bigger fund → higher rate.

Your own KENPC count (Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count) is set when you upload — it's the number Amazon uses for payout, not your manuscript's word count. Find it in KDP Reports → Kindle Edition Normalized Pages (KENPC).

Why authors watch this number

KENP income is the quiet backbone of self-publishing: readers "borrow" via Kindle Unlimited instead of buying, so a big KU read-through can beat sales income for fiction and low-content books. A book with 200 full reads/month at $0.0048/page and 250 pages earns $240/month before anything else.

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