Roger Packer - Self-Publishing News

The KDP Select Global Fund for Kindle Unlimited paid out a total of well over half a billion dollars for 2022 — the first time the fund has topped the $500 million mark during a year.
The December 2022 payout of $45.3 million took the total for last year to $522.8 million over the calendar year, representing an increase of 16% compared with the $450.1 million total seen in 2021....

The KDP Select Global Fund for Kindle Unlimited for October 2022 rose by $100,000 to $45.2 million from $45.1 million in September.
The $45.2 million payout in October represented a 13.5% increase on an annualised basis from $39.8 million in October 2021....

Amazon runs literary contests around the world offering substantial cash prizes and the winners of this year’s Storyteller awards throughout Europe have been revealed.
The winner of the €15,000 German Kindle Storyteller Award 2022 is In the Mist of Freedom (Im Neibl der Freiheit) by Iris Krumbiegel, a romantic thriller set during the First World War....

Kindle Direct Publishing is celebrating its 15th birthday by running daily sweepstakes featuring prizes worth $215, including a Kindle Paperwhite and a selection of the top print books of the year.
You are only eligible to enter the draw if you’re a US resident but the competitions are free to enter and run every day until November 28, 2022....