Newly instituted in the UK this year, the Amazon Charts for the first time offer market comparative top titles between the British and American markets.
Amazon Literary Partnership Is Open for 2020 Grant Applications
Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership funding nonprofit organizations supporting authors’ work and development has made more than US$12 million in grants.
Amazon Crossing Unveils New Arctic Tern Logo in Frankfurt
Ahead of Amazon Crossing’s 10th anniversary publishing translation into English—and other languages—the Seattle giant reveals new branding.
Academy Award Winner Guillermo del Toro’s Tales Go to Amazon Original Stories
In the latest of its brand-name author deals, Amazon Original Stories announces a 2021 short story collection from fantasy writer and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
US Publishers’ Lawsuit of Amazon’s Audible: ‘Captions’ Delayed
The court action filed by the Association of American Publishers a week ago has led to a hold on deployment of ‘Audible Captions,’ per new court papers.
David Streitfeld’s Orwellian Shopping List, and Amazon’s Retort
A hot summer’s debate at The New York Times around ‘fake and illegitimate’ online book sales. Amazon asserts a remedy may take more industry cooperation.
The Week’s Big Story: Amazon Publishing on Wooing Dean Koontz
A major release from Patricia Cornwell, new writings from Mindy Kaling, Andy Weir, Blake Crouch, NK Jemisin and more in the wake of APub’s Dean Koontz deal.
Germany and the UK Now Have Amazon Charts, Fiction and Nonfiction
The Top 20 digital ‘most read’ and ‘most sold’ are gathered weekly by Amazon on this proprietary ranking, just rolled out to Germany and the UK.
Dean Koontz’s Jump to Amazon Publishing: Will Other Authors Follow?
The five-book deal and a collection of Amazon Original Stories from Dean Koontz is good news for Amazon Publishing. Could it signal defections ahead?
Amazon Literary Prize Finalists To Be Considered for Prime Video
Already among the world’s richest awards for self-published content, Amazon’s global literary prizes now include a chance at Amazon Studios development.