It seems like people are still mad at Amazon for changing e-book prices, or at least they seem slightly annoyed… but now they seem to be excited again, for this new thing that Amazon is calling “Kindle Singles.” These are not the music singles that you might find on iTunes, but instead they are meant to be about the length of a magazine, or a few chapters in a book, which is about 10 to 30 thousand words, or 30 to 90 pages long. Amazon wrote in their announcement of the release of Singles: “[Singles are a] perfect, natural length to lay out a single killer idea, well researched, well argued and well illustrated—whether it’s a business lesson, a political point of view, a scientific argument, or a beautifully crafted essay on a current event.” Theoretically, anyone can submit a piece of writing to become a Single, but Amazon is really looking for serious writers, thinkers, scientists, business leaders, historians, politicians, and publishers to submit their writing.
The idea of having these short entries, according to Amazon, opens a whole new market for new writers because of the length of Singles, someone would not have to sit down and write a whole book to be able to get their writing published.
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Interesting post! Thanks for the info!
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