In the United States, the company’s Jeff Bezos has officially launched its service publication by crowdsourcing, which now has a name: Kindle Scout . This allows the community of American readers to criticize and finance extracts from unpublished manuscripts, which has previously broadcast online. Readers then vote in favor of projects that have attracted to them and deserve to be published by Amazon
As Amazon release presents its concept, it This is a “ edition powered by the readership for new books, never before published. It is a place where readers help decide whether a book will receive a publishing contract . ” And according to information provided by the dedicated platform, an author can submit his manuscript in about fifteen minutes.
A condition states that these authors will accept an exclusivity period of 45 days beginning on the date of submission of the manuscript in question. In English are welcome titles into categories romance, mystery and suspense, and science fiction and fantasy. Within two days of submission, the author will notify via email if his campaign will be launched Scout or denied.
As for the other key contract terms, Amazon should offer a selected advance 1500 dollars authors and 50% royalties on net sales of ebooks. This, while retaining their rights to own print and being able to retire after 5 years if sales of the book does not give rise to 5000 dollars in royalties over the period.
Readers will nominate a title published by this process will in turn reward their free copy. Unsurprisingly, Amazon integrates all of these publications, as well as the Unlimited Kindle Lending Library. To be eligible, an author must have an American bank account and a tax identification number or social security number
Sources . The Bookseller, Publishers Lunch
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