Amazon informed authors on Monday that they were no longer accepting new submissions to Kindle Scout. Dear valued scout, As a member of the Kindle Scout voter community, we wanted...Continue reading
Category: Crowd-Sourcing
Amazon’s Crowd-Sourced Publisher Kindle Scout Expands Internationally
Amazon opened the flood gates today on its hybrid publishing platform, Kindle Scout. When the program launched last October, it was only open to authors in the US, but as...Continue reading
Crowd-Funding Site PubSlush to Shut Down Next Week
PubSlush , the first startup to style itself a “Kickstarter for books”, is shutting down on 23 August. IndieReader reported, and several authors have confirmed, that PubSlush sent out an email...Continue reading
Guest Post: Is Kindle Scout Worth the Risk? For Me, Yes
The Kindle Scout program is getting a lot of buzz, and some controversy, from the writing universe. Is it worth the risk? For me, the answer is yes. Here’s why....Continue reading
Amazon Launches Kindle Scout, Asks Readers to Help Pick eBooks to Publish
After weeks of referring to their as-yet unlaunched crowd-sourcing program as “that thing”, Amazon officially launched the program today with a name, webpage, and an invitation to authors to participate. Pitched...Continue reading
Amazon Shares New Details on Their Crowd Sourced Publishing Program
Reminding us that Amazon always has multiple irons in the fire, the retailer launched a new writing community yesterday, and today they sent out a new email with an update...Continue reading