Julia Sommerfeld is the editorial director of a new Amazon Publishing imprint called Amazon Original Stories and she also manages the Kindle Singles store. She sat down with Good e-Reader for an extensive interview and disclosed a number of interesting aspects about the Singles Store and what Original Stories is all about. You took over the Kindle Singles division in 2016. … [Read more...] about Julia Sommerfeld Discusses Amazon Original Stories and Kindle Singles
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Amazon Kindle Singles has a New Editorial Direction
The Amazon Kindle Singles program comprise of ebooks that are too short to be a traditional novel and too long for a featured magazine article. The program has been going strong since 2012, but it looks like it is undergoing an entirely new editorial direction. The program has not been taking any new submissions since June 22nd 2017 and it appears to be invite only. New novels … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Singles has a New Editorial Direction
Amazon Launches New Imprint Original Stories
Like many other traditional publishers, Amazon Publishing has multiple imprints under its brand that specialize in different genres and categories of literature. Today, the company announced a new imprint, Amazon Original Stories, that will focus on "one sitting" fiction and non-fiction. “The goal of Amazon Original Stories is to champion stories, essays, and reporting by … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches New Imprint Original Stories
Amazon Launches Kindle Singles Classics
The Kindle Singles program has been running since early 2011 and the main premise is content that is too long to be a feature magazine article and too long to be an e-book. Today, Amazon has expanded on Singles with Kindle Single Classics. Launching with more than 140 essays and stories, Singles Classics includes works from writers like Susan Orlean, Norman Mailer, Gloria … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Kindle Singles Classics
Amazon: Game Changer or Whipping Boy?
Warning: you'll need your tissue box handy when you read this piece for The New Yorker about how Amazon has ruthlessly destroyed every single aspect of the entire book industry. You're free to ignore the fact that it was written by an author who has no less than eight books are currently available on Amazon, a couple of which are even at the top of Amazon's rankings; the author … [Read more...] about Amazon: Game Changer or Whipping Boy?
Amazon Publishing Newest Imprint Focuses on Biographies
Amazon's traditional publishing arm has grown at an incredible rate to include a wide variety of genre-based imprints. Its Kindle Singles platform, which focuses on long-form journalism, has seen probably the most surprising growth, indicating that an increasing number of readers are going back to the once-revered essay-length publications that were often serialized in … [Read more...] about Amazon Publishing Newest Imprint Focuses on Biographies
The Atlantic’s New eBook Platform Features Long-Form Pieces
The popularity of long-form journalism and essays is continuing to grow. Companies like The Atavist, Vook, Now & Then Reader, and the Kindle Singles division of Amazon are bringing high-quality longer essay pieces to avid readers, thanks to digital publishing and online retailing of e-shorts. Now, one of the nation's oldest and best known monthly magazines has emerged with … [Read more...] about The Atlantic’s New eBook Platform Features Long-Form Pieces
Kindle Singles Editor-in-Chief David Blum on the Popularity of eShorts
Amazon launched an innovative platform in 2011 that some have heralded as the salvation of long-form journalism and the renewal of reader content for short fiction. The Kindle Singles platform created a publishing home for stand-alone digital works that were between 5,000 and 30,000 words, a category far too short for traditional print publishing to invest in. David Blum, … [Read more...] about Kindle Singles Editor-in-Chief David Blum on the Popularity of eShorts
Stephen King Essay Means Digital Allows Time-Sensitive Publication
Author Stephen King has experimented with ebook-only and digital-first publication in the recent past, but now the prolific author is using digital publishing in a new way. His latest digital release, "Guns," is an essay which explores the author's stance on the gun-control debate that is currently raging in the U.S. King is certainly not the first write to take advantage of … [Read more...] about Stephen King Essay Means Digital Allows Time-Sensitive Publication
Long-Form Journalism Platform Atavist Branches Out with Documentaries, Fiction
At last year's Digital Book World conference, GoodeReader caught up with Atavist to talk about the rise in popularity of long-form journalism, digital short stories, and serialized ebook novellas. Rather than a sign that the attention span of the average reader is waning, as some critics will argue, long-form journalism is actually the opposite; it allows readers who would have … [Read more...] about Long-Form Journalism Platform Atavist Branches Out with Documentaries, Fiction
Amazon Kindle Singles Launches in the UK
The Amazon Kindle Singles program was the company's first foray into working with authors directly and set the stage for the fledgling publishing program. The main essence behind Kindle Singles is to give people short reads by authors who find their bodies of work are too short to be a novel and too long for a magazine article. Up until now, this was a US only publishing … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Singles Launches in the UK
eBooks and the Race to Publication
Of the many benefits to come from digital publishing, the reduction of seemingly unnecessary delays and hold times has been one of the most popular for authors, publishers, and readers alike. Where books on current events or notable figures would often take months to reach the market, long after the fervor had died down, ebooks are reaching consumers’ bookshelves within hours … [Read more...] about eBooks and the Race to Publication
Stephen King to Release New eBook Short
Author Stephen King has announced he will be releasing a new digital-first title entitled A Face in the Crowd, for which he will once again partner with author Stewart O’Nan. The two worked together on a previous project about the Boston Red Sox. This isn’t King’s first straight-to-digital release and he is certainly not the first author—indie or traditional—to take … [Read more...] about Stephen King to Release New eBook Short
Kindle Singles Submissions Open to New and Established Authors
One factor that makes Amazon a powerhouse in both book selling and publishing is its “something for everyone” mindset. With a number of genre-driven imprints in its traditional Amazon Publishing wing, as well as the KDP platform for digital and self-published works, the retailer-turned-publisher is making book distribution available to all. The Kindle Singles program, which … [Read more...] about Kindle Singles Submissions Open to New and Established Authors