Amazon US launches ‘Kindle Singles Classics’

In the US, Amazon has announced the launch of its new nonfiction series ‘Kindle Singles Classics’, which will include ‘hard-to-find’ essays and stories by established authors, including John le Carré, Kurt Vonnegut and Gloria Steinem, curated from a variety of magazines. Packaged as single ebooks, the titles in the series are exclusive to Kindle platforms, with each priced from US$0.99, and all titles freely available to members of Amazon’s subscription service Kindle Unlimited. The series launched with 140 titles. In a press release from the company, Amazon said the writers and publishers of the ‘Singles Classics’ will earn 70% from the sale of every copy and pro-rated payments from each subscription read.

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