KDP Select Global Fund from July, 2014 thru January, 2015

KDP SELECT GLOBAL FUND

Amazon has raised the KDP Select Global Fund significantly since the launch of Kindle Unlimited.

The monthly KDP Select Global Fund had been around $500,000 in the days of Amazon Prime, which grew to around $1,000,000 when Prime expanded to Europe.

This figure doubled to $2,000,000 with the debut of Kindle Unlimited in July, 2014, which was just a partial month.

It has grown fast since, reaching $8,500,000 in January, 2015:

• July, 2014: $2,000,000
• August, 2014: $2,875,000
• September, 2014: $4,700,000
• October, 2014: $5,000,000
• November, 2014: $5,500,000
• December, 2014: $7,250,000
• January, 2015: $8,500,000

This suggests to me that the Kindle Unlimited subscriber base has grown tremendously.

Since Amazon is paying $8,500,000 in royalties through Kindle Unlimited for the month of January, 2015, this shows that this is a significant share of the digital market.

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