Does a reader who reads and then listens pay twice?

No. Each page pays only the first time that subscriber consumes it in either format. For simultaneous reading and listening, pages pay once, at the higher format rate if rates differ.

Do images count as pages?

Yes. KENP is calculated with standard formatting settings, and images, charts and graphs count toward it.

Can I estimate this month's KENP earnings?

Only roughly. Amazon suggests using the last announced KENP rate, but the rate changes monthly, so actual earnings will differ.

Is there anything on top of KENP earnings?

The KDP Select bonus is a discretionary monthly bonus for enrolled ebooks, based on pages read and other customer signals, paid about 60 days after the month it was awarded.

KENP royalties: how KDP pays for Kindle+ pages read

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How does Amazon calculate KENP page-read royalties from the KDP Select Global Fund?

KDP Select books in Kindle+ (formerly Kindle Unlimited) are paid per Kindle Edition Normalized Page (KENP) read or listened to, the first time a subscriber reaches each page, up to 3,000 KENP per title per customer. The per-page rate is not fixed: Amazon divides each marketplace's share of the monthly KDP Select Global Fund by the total KENP read there that month, and announces the fund around the 15th of the following month.

Key facts
Unit	Kindle Edition Normalized Page (KENP)
Cap per title per customer	3,000 KENP
Pages counted	First read only; re-reads do not pay
KENP rate	Marketplace fund / total KENP read in that marketplace
Fund announced	Around the 15th of the following month
Audiobook listening	Counts toward KENP; Kindle+ audiobooks are US only
Eligibility	Book must be enrolled in KDP Select

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Terms on this page: KDP Select · KDP Select Global Fund · KENP · Kindle+

What KENP measures

Amazon calculates a book’s KENP with standard font, line height and spacing, so page counts are the same across devices and settings. Counting starts at the Start Reading Location, which Amazon usually sets at chapter 1, and runs to the end of the book. Images, charts and graphs count toward KENP.

How the per-page rate is set

Amazon reviews the size of the KDP Select Global Fund each month and allocates part of it to each marketplace. The KENP rate for a marketplace is that marketplace’s fund divided by the total KENP read there that month. Your earnings are your pages read (and, since the Kindle+ change, pages listened to) multiplied by that rate. The fund for one month is announced near the 15th of the next; for example, the September fund comes out around October 15. Allocation depends on exchange rates, reading behavior and local subscription prices, so rates vary by marketplace.

Worked example

A subscriber borrows a 400-KENP novel, reads pages 1 to 250, then listens to pages 1 to 400 in the audiobook. You are paid for 400 KENP: 250 read plus the 150 new pages heard. Pages 1 to 250 heard a second time are treated as re-reading. Even a 5,000-KENP book pays no more than 3,000 KENP per customer.

Reporting and payment

The KENP report shows Kindle+ Read and Kindle+ Listened pages by marketplace and is finalized near the 15th of the following month. Kindle+ earnings are paid with your other KDP royalties on the same schedule.

Common mistakes

Treating a past KENP rate as fixed. It is recalculated every month.
Paying or rewarding readers for reading. Amazon prohibits incentives of any kind for Kindle+ reads, including gift cards, bonus content and contest entries.
Assuming reads stop when you leave Select. Subscribers who already borrowed the book can keep reading, and those pages still earn from the fund.

Amazon changes these rules; the linked KDP help pages are the authority.

Questions

Does a reader who reads and then listens pay twice?: No. Each page pays only the first time that subscriber consumes it in either format. For simultaneous reading and listening, pages pay once, at the higher format rate if rates differ.
Do images count as pages?: Yes. KENP is calculated with standard formatting settings, and images, charts and graphs count toward it.
Can I estimate this month's KENP earnings?: Only roughly. Amazon suggests using the last announced KENP rate, but the rate changes monthly, so actual earnings will differ.
Is there anything on top of KENP earnings?: The KDP Select bonus is a discretionary monthly bonus for enrolled ebooks, based on pages read and other customer signals, paid about 60 days after the month it was awarded.

Related tools

KDP Select: KDP Select is Amazon's free 90-day opt-in program for Kindle eBooks and audiobooks that puts them in Kindle+, formerly Kindle Unlimited, in exchange for eBook exclusivity.
KDP Tools (kdptools.io): KDP Tools is a web toolkit for KDP publishers with free royalty, KENP and spine calculators plus credit-based AI niche, keyword and category tools.