In 2021, the Amazon Literary Partnership is giving 80 grants totaling more than $1 million to literary organizations in the United States.
Keiichiro Hirano Leads Amazon Publishing’s World Book Day Titles
To celebrate World Book Day, Amazon Publishing is offering ‘At the End of the Matinee’ by Keiichiro Hirano and other translations for free download through April 24.
Amazon Announces Its Wattpad-Style ‘Kindle Vella’ Platform
Opening a new route to self-publishing, Amazon’s Kindle Vella capitalizes on the popularity of online serialized storytelling.
Amazon Crossing Kids’ Marilyn Brigham on Children’s Books in Translation
Books on Amazon Crossing Kids’ list this year include titles from Asia for the first time, as the imprint’s range expands.
Amazon Pulls Book, Saying It ‘Frames LGBTQ+ Identity as a Mental Illness’
Responding to requests from four US senators, Amazon has removed a book by Ryan T. Anderson, saying the retailer ‘reserve[s] the right not to sell certain content.’
Many Elections Ago: The First Translation from Amazon Crossing
The first Amazon Crossing translation was released 10 years ago today. Born into a political season, the imprint is widening its own campaign.
Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions
Supporting everything from PEN America to the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Amazon Literary Partnership focuses on author development.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s New ‘Zikora’ Released by Amazon Original Stories
Released ahead of the US election, Adichie’s ‘Zikora’ is about ‘the additional burden of fear carried by Black women’ in maternity.
Amazon Crossing’s Liza Darnton on Translation: ‘Wildly, Unabashedly Interested’
The largest publisher of translated work is bringing Françoise Sagan’s unfinished ‘Four Corners of the Heart’ into English.
US Publishers, Authors, Booksellers Call Out Amazon’s ‘Concentrated Power’ in the Market
American professional associations for authors, publishers, and booksellers write to the House Antitrust Subcommittee about what they call Amazon’s ‘scale of operation’