KENP calculator for KDP Select page reads
This KENP calculator multiplies the pages subscribers read by the per-page rate to estimate what a KDP Select book earns from Kindle+ (the subscription long known as Kindle Unlimited). The rate changes every month, so it is an input you can edit.
From the KENP Read column in your KDP reports.
Amazon's own page count for your book, shown in your KDP account. It often differs from the print page count.
Changes every month. Amazon does not publish it; replace this with the latest figure you trust.
Estimated page-read earnings
$45.00
10,000 pages at $0.0045 a page.
- One full read of your book
- $1.35
- Full reads this equals
- 33.3
- Per 1,000 pages
- $4.50
These figures are estimates, not a promise of earnings. Free to use, no sign-up.
How this is calculated
Earnings = KENP read x rate per page.
If you start from borrows instead, pages read = borrows x your book's KENPC x the average share of the book that readers finish.
About the rate
Amazon does not publish a per-page rate. Each month it announces the size of the KDP Select Global Fund, and each author is paid according to their share of all pages read or listened to by subscribers. The rate is whatever that works out to, and you can only calculate it after the month has closed.
The default of $0.0045 is a starting point, not an Amazon figure. Author-reported US rates between November 2025 and April 2026 ran from about $0.0042 to $0.0048. Replace it with the latest rate you can work out from your own KDP report: royalties from page reads divided by KENP read.
Assumptions
- One rate is applied to every page. In practice the rate differs by marketplace.
- Each subscriber is paid for once per page, the first time they read or listen to it.
- Monthly KENP figures can change until Amazon finalizes them around the 15th of the following month.
Source: KDP Help, Royalties in Kindle+, as of November 2026.
Questions
What is KENP?
KENP stands for Kindle Edition Normalized Pages. Amazon uses it to count how much of a KDP Select book subscribers read, using a standard page layout so that books with different fonts and spacing are measured the same way.
How much does Amazon pay per KENP page read?
There is no fixed rate. Each month Amazon sets a KDP Select Global Fund and pays each author their share of all pages read. Author-reported US rates between November 2025 and April 2026 ran from about $0.0042 to $0.0048 a page, which is where this calculator's editable default of $0.0045 comes from.
How do I find my book's KENPC?
KENPC is Amazon's normalized page count for your book. Amazon works it out when you enroll the book in KDP Select and shows it in your KDP account. It is often different from the print page count.
Do I get paid if a reader reads the same page twice?
No. As of November 2026, KDP says you are paid the first time a subscriber reads or listens to a given page. Re-reading it, in the same format or another one, earns nothing more.
Is Kindle Unlimited now called Kindle+?
As of November 2026, Amazon's KDP help page for these royalties is titled Royalties in Kindle+ and covers both reading and listening. Many authors still use the older name, Kindle Unlimited. The KENP method of paying per page is the same idea under both names.
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