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Q&A: “Do authors get paid for Kindle Unlimited books?”

Authors who publish books in the Kindle Unlimited (KU) program earn royalties based on the number of page views you receive—but parts of the process remain a mystery. Let’s help an aspiring author decide if KU is the best fit for him.

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What It's About

If you self-publish using Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, how do you get paid?

Notes from Chris

Episode 2423
Welcome back to Side Hustle School! Today we're embarking on a literary journey as we address a question that many of our aspiring writer-listeners may have on their minds.

Our listener, Ethan, has been meticulously crafting his novel. As he nears completion, the inevitable question arises: how best to publish and make his work accessible to readers worldwide? Kindle Unlimited has caught his eye, but the specifics remain a bit of a mystery. So, let's unravel this together and delve into the world of Kindle Unlimited from the perspective of an author (not me!).

"Greetings from Flagstaff, Arizona, I'm Ethan, a writer who's been steadily working on a novel for a while. As I get closer to completion, I've started looking at publishing options. I know that a lot of people in my situation use Kindle Unlimited, and I know that authors earn royalties based on the number of readres, but I'm not entirely sure how the whole process works or how earnings are calculated. Can you explain KU from the perspective of an author who publishes on it?"

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