Amazon unveils ‘Kindle Singles’

No, we’re not talking about a dating service for Kindle owners (ouch, I know, bad joke). Amazon announced today that they will be offering works that are between 10,000 to 30,000 words to Kindle owners. Here’s an excerpt from their press release:

Today, Amazon is announcing that it will launch “Kindle Singles”–Kindle books that are twice the length of a New Yorker feature or as much as a few chapters of a typical book. Kindle Singles will have their own section in the Kindle Store and be priced much less than a typical book. Today’s announcement is a call to serious writers, thinkers, scientists, business leaders, historians, politicians and publishers to join Amazon in making such works available to readers around the world.

This kind of reminds me of the Kindle Shorts Amazon used to have (I’m not sure if it’s still around). Last I checked they had stopped taking submissions from authors.

However, Kindle Singles will be more than just short fiction. They will offer essays, opinion pieces, scientific writings, fiction and more – a good mix of reading.

Amazon did not give any submission guidelines to be considered for the Singles program, just an email address to contact for more information.

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