The new edition participatory service Amazon, Kindle Scout for emerging authors, is now launched in the United States. As we explained earlier this month, the concept allows readers to criticize unpublished manuscripts, to vote for their favorite projects, and finally finance possible publication via Kindle Press. One can now see the first favorites of the KS community.
4 tracks among the 20 most popular since the launch
This was sorely lacking in traditional publishing, but Amazon will perhaps finally offer us a book dealing with Pittbulls as last line of defense of the planet facing an alien invasion. But it is not all that reassuring skeptics. The first bids are divided into three categories. SF and Fantasy – Mystery, Thriller & Suspense – Romance
The platform is officially in operation since Monday, and we discover just the first draft submitted to readers vote for a period of 30 days. The least one can say is that it does not seem easy to guess which titles are best-sellers in the making, but literary curiosities, even outside UFO narratives seem to Agenda .
New titles are added daily in the arena, and every member of the community can vote for three pieces at a time. Readers will nominate a title published by this process will in turn reward their free copy. Amazon reserves the right of final decision last step before possible publication.
Regarding the terms of the contract reserved to the authors, was announced a exclusivity period of 45 days. But also a advance 1500 dollars and another 50% royalty on net sales of ebooks. This, while retaining their rights to own print and being able to retire without difficulty after 5 years if the sales of the book does not give rise to charges of $ 25,000 over the period.
For some observers, the Kindle Scout concept could eventually radically change the landscape of the industry. Especially because it allows us to anticipate the receipt of a work by the public, before its publication. Also because it offers contracts to authors who are a priori more favorable than those generally offered by large traditional publishing houses.
If a market research usually requires its employees to grind, c ‘ is less the case with Kindle Scout. Here readers lend themselves to what looks like a game, with the only reward the right to get some free titles. Amazon team finally intervene in the context of prior and final selections.
The most suspicious critics fear and retribution of the community of readers-feeders is not up to the height their contribution to the future success of Kindle Scout
The future will tell
Power .. TechCrunch, Melville House, The Verge
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