![]() ![]() Kindle books are already outselling paper through Amazon, but Singles would bring pricing closer to that of music and potentially attract those who otherwise would avoid paying for digital reading. ![]() Electronista observed that the Kindle Singles format "is more widely considered an attempt by Amazon to spur e-book downloads by lowering the price well below the typical $10 asking price for a full novel or nonfiction book. These works, "expressed at their natural length," are now available for both Kindle devices and app users at prices between 99ยข and $4.99. Kindle Singles, the program announced by Amazon last fall ( Shelf Awareness, October 13, 2010) to showcase written works in the 5,000 to 30,000 word range, has released its initial list of titles, including pieces by Rich Cohen, Pete Hamill, Jodi Picoult, Darin Strauss and Ian Ayres. ![]()
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