Leading online bookseller Amazon today introduces a new short form literature program known as Amazon Shorts , which allows users to download small writings from various famous authors.
Says the internet bookselling giant, “After a reader pays 49 cents for an Amazon Short, the purchased material can be read or printed off of a web page, downloaded as a PDF file or sent an email address.
“Amazon Shorts will help authors find new readers and help readers find and discover authors they’ll love,” said Steve Kessel, Amazon.com’s vice president of Digital Media. “We hope that by making short-form literature widely and easily available, Amazon.com can help to fuel a revival of this kind of work.”
critical mass
They don’t have *enough* major authors to make this a shoo-in success. The price (49 cents) is low enough to bring in the masses, but it’s all about content, baby, and itunes has it and amazon doesn’t. Yet.