Finally and after several months since its worldwide launch, Kindle Unlimited officially arrives in Japan. Now, the Japanese will be able to enjoy this Amazon service, a service that seems to have conquered everyone despite not being the best or the one with the most catalog when it started.
Kindle Unlimeted will be priced at 980 yen per month, the change will be something more than 8 euros.
The price remains in line with the general trend. Japanese users who subscribe to Kindle Unlimited will find a catalog of over 120.000 titles in Japanese and over 1,2 million titles in other languages , especially English, sourced from the US and UK catalogs.
Kindle Unlimited to change its royalty rates after arriving in Japan
However, this launch affects more than just the Japanese; it's international news because Amazon's payment system for authors will be impacted. With the arrival of Kindle Unlimited in Japan, the number of subscribers will increase, and with it, the money in the fund Amazon has created to pay authors. But the number of pages read will also increase, resulting in a lower price per page. This will mean authors will receive significantly less for their work , a trend that will increase in every country where Kindle Unlimited is launched, unless the number of users grows faster than the number of pages read, which would result in a positive balance.
Personally, I think the arrival of flat-rate subscriptions in countries like Japan is positive, although Amazon's approach is undeniably negative for certain authors , for small authors whose income will be significantly reduced, or at least that's how it seems . What do you think?