Kindle Unlimited set to cross $5 billion in payouts to indies
September's pot payout of $65.9 million puts the program on track to pass $5 billion when October's number lands in November
Coral’s read
This is the number the big industry reports never show you. KU's money goes to KDP self-publishers and small presses only — no APub, no a la carte, no big-five imprints — and it's still closing in on $5 billion. If you've been told ebooks are a dying format, print this number out and tape it to your monitor.
From the Coral Wire edition of Sun, Oct 18 2026 · Coral Index 58/100 (Tailwinds building)