Kindle Scout: a good start, but where is the innovation? – Gamobu

Kindle Scout is a program launched by Amazon, designed to allow readers to actively choose which authors deserve to be published. A few weeks ago we told of the strengths and weaknesses of this system, and now we are finally able to make a judgment on the first names of authors selected for publication.

On Kindle Scout will vote the stories most like, and staff Amazon chooses which publish

WHERE ARE THE BEGINNERS?

Considering the titles announced by November 26 to today, currently selected books to be published under the name of Kindle Press are 13 (you can find them here). Dispelling a myth right away: the authors chosen are not rookies . There are rookies luxury, young artists of the keyboard, or writers in his spare time.

All the selected authors have already written books in the past, and most of them followed the canonical process through paper versions.

10 authors of 13 have already been published by traditional publishing houses many of which are small, but most notably also Random House and Gale.

This is not to say that Amazon is absolutely wrong to do what he does, not at all. It seems appropriate, however, to emphasize that the first batch of authors Kindle Scout is far from being a gamble: we talk about writers with experience , have navigated, to which Amazon is offered as a new publisher in all respects .

In exchange for a small advance and some royalty, Amazon will release these titles in e-book version and – in some cases – even audiobook. Authors will remain, along with other rights, including those for physical copies.

The Game Master, William Bernhardt

will read WHEN I FIRST BOOKS KINDLE SCOUT?

Unfortunately, we do not know when we will be able to read these first titles Kindle Scout. Meanwhile, we know that these books are in the works , and then it takes the traditional timing techniques to fix the product and prepare it for the public.

‘, however, likely that we will not have to wait much, probably only the ‘beginning of 2015 . In support of this hypothesis, in recent days Bernhardy William, author of The Game Master , said that the book should be available within a month.

Just the authors seem to be very satisfied of this new program. And why should not they? Kindle Scout was launched a few weeks ago, and in a month may already out the first titles ! In a normal publisher instead, when a title is chosen when it is published can spend up to a year, sometimes more.

If Kindle Scout will a house of cards or not , we’ll find out just a few months.