Have you written a short story that has never been published? If so, your book could qualify with Amazon for Kindle singles publication. If your story is between 5,000 and 30,000 words and has a start, a middle and a finish, the Amazon gods may shine on you and give you a publishing breakthrough! Remember, your book has to be approved by a team of editors to qualify for publication on kindle singles.
The kindle singles crew will also consider eBooks that have been recently published on Amazon’s KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing platform).
The advantage of being accepted into the kindle singes platform, is that Amazon promote kindle singles somewhat themselves. It is open to publishing houses as well as self published authors.
Also, if successful, your kindle singles book will be enrolled in Amazon KDP select. That means an exclusive deal to Amazon.
Mishka Shubaly is one of the top Kindle Singles authors. Check out his author page here and to view a list of books, click here. Note that most of his reviews are 4 star. This indicates, to me at least, that 4 stars can also be best seller material.
To enrol your book in kindle singles and to view the terms and conditions, click here.
To read more info on what makes a book a short story or an epic, click here.
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19 comments
Amaliah
Hi Aishah, thanks for all this great information. Yes I am getting the buzz to follow through with my story to Kindle singles. It appears to be a really creative avenue for those in between books that don’t fit into the ordinary mold.
So onward and upward and continue writing. thanks Amaliah
15/12/12121212
aishah
Hi Amaliah,
It’s a great opportunity, yes for those books that are still complete in their story line but are perhaps considered ‘novellas’. They would otherswise end up in collections or anthologies. People love a cheap, quick read on their reading device on the way to work, on holidays etc. It’s a great opportunity for authors!
28/05/13131313
mmonwa
I am very passionate in writing short stories and books 📚
16/02/18181818
Jessica
What if you have something that’s like a weekly serial? I have a friend journaling travel stories that I could totally see being in demand on Kindle. People would want to get the new one every week as it’s written to keep up with his adventures.
21/08/13131313
aishah
Hi Jessica,
If your friend is journaling, and his travel stories are published on a blog and he is a US citizen, he can have his blog feed published on Amazon and people pay to read the blog on their reader.
Aternatively, he could publish a kindle book every month. As long as he makes the content ‘evergreen’ he could find a following. I would suggest some other forms of promo for this too, such as teasers on a facebook page, twitter, or on a blog.
If he publishes all his writing on a blog and it’s available to be read for free and he publishes as a kindle eBook, he has to be careful as free web content cannot be sold as a kindle eBook, it’s against their terms and conditions.
If you want more info, just ask and I will answer as best I can.
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sankar
This sounds almost perfect for my little book. Do you know how strict is the 30K word count rule is? My novella is 44,000 words and has been edited at this point.
21/08/14141414
aishah
That may be too many words, but publish it yourself in any case on Amazon kdp?
01/09/14141414
Obi Ogbunugafor
Should my short story be accepted on Kindle Singles, who does the cover design?
19/12/14141414
aishah
Hi Obi, if your book is previously unpublished, I can only asume that Amazon will provide a book cover. It would be prudent to submit with a good cover though in my opinion. cheers
06/01/15151515
obi ogbunugafor
Hi Aishah, thanks for your painstaking attention. Let me congratulate you on the wonderful job you are doing.
09/01/15151515
aishah
Happy to help Obi, good luck with your submission to Kindle Singles. cheers
09/01/15151515
Charmaine Clancy
It would be worth submitting for the coverage Amazon would prefer. Great to have support. Thanks for such a thorough post Aishah.
16/01/15151515
aishah
Hey Charmaine, happy to help out. I guess books and publishing have become something of an obsession! cheers
21/01/15151515
Tai Ikomi
Hi Aisha,
Am I allowed to carve out e-articles for kindle singles from previously published Kindle e-books or must I write new ones? Thank you.
21/10/15151515
Aishah Macgill
Hi Tai, if something is already published on Amazon you would need to rewrite the material or use completely new material. Duplicate content could get you into problems with Amazon and I wouldn’t recommend doing it at all. cheers
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Erik Smith
Where should I go to publish a true “short story” (1800 words) online?
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