KU payouts slip even as the broader economy grows
Author Media flags a widening gap between overall economic growth and what Kindle Unlimited pays writers per page.
Coral’s read
Here's the disconnect worth sitting with: the economy is supposedly humming along, and your KU payout still shrank. That's not a coincidence you can wish away, it's a trend to watch closely before you plan next quarter's budget around a page-read rate that keeps drifting the wrong direction. I don't have the exact cents-per-page figure in front of me, so I won't pretend to, but the direction alone is the story.
From the Coral Wire edition of Thu, Sep 24 2026 · Coral Index 58/100 (Tailwinds building)