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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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Fw: 70 Percent Royalty Option for Kindle Digital Text Platform Now Available
SEATTLE, Jun 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that the 70 percent royalty option that enables authors and publishers who use the Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) to earn a larger share of revenue from each Kindle book they sell is now available. For each book sold from the Kindle Store for Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac and Android phones, authors and publishers who choose the new 70 percent royalty option will receive 70 percent of the list price, net of delivery costs. Delivery costs are based on file size, and pricing is set at $0.15/MB. At today's median DTP file size of 368KB, delivery costs would be less than $0.06 per unit sold. For example, on an $8.99 book an author would make $3.15 with the standard option and $6.25 with the new 70 percent option. This new option, first announced in January 2010, will be in addition to and will not replace the existing DTP standard royalty option. In addition to the 70 percent royalty option, Amazon also announced improvements in DTP such as a more intuitive "Bookshelf" feature and a simplified two-step process for publishing. These features make it more convenient for authors and publishers to publish using DTP. "We're excited about the launch of the 70 percent royalty option and user experience enhancements in DTP because they enable authors and publishers to conveniently offer more content to Kindle customers and to make more money from the books they sell," said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content. DTP authors and publishers are now able to select the royalty option that best meets their needs. Books from authors and publishers who choose the 70 percent royalty option will have access to all the same features and be subject to all the same requirements as books receiving the standard royalty rate. In addition, to qualify for the 70 percent royalty option, books must satisfy the following set of requirements:
The 70 percent royalty option is for in-copyright works and is unavailable for works published before 1923 (a.k.a. public domain books). The 70 percent royalty option is currently only available for books sold to United States customers. DTP is a fast and easy self-publishing tool that lets anyone upload and format their books for sale in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). To learn more about the Kindle Digital Text Platform, visit http://dtp.amazon.com or e-mail dtp-support@amazon.com. Kindle is in stock and available for immediate shipment today at http://www.amazon.com/kindle. About Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon. Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.deb, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and www.amazon.cn. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings. SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc. |
[Motown Writers Network] Michigan Literary Network Radio Show June 30th 5pm EST
Michigan Literary Network Radio Show airs every Wednesday 5pm EST. Call in number to listen or speak to guests: 646.915.9177 or go online and listen and talk in chat room at: http://blogtalkradio.com/michiganliterarynetwork
Upcoming Shows: Michigan Literary Network for all things literary and helping to increase literacy rates around Metro Detroit
If you'd like to be a guest, please be either a Michigan Author, a Literary Expert or you are holding an event in Michigan. Send inquiry to motownwriters@yahoo.com. For more information on The Michigan Literary Network, please go to our website at: http://michiganliterarynetwork.com . Michigan Literary Network for all things literary and helping to increase literacy rates around Metro Detroit June 30, 2010 Guest Backgrounder
1. Guest: Jacqueline Chambliss Call-in Time: 5 p.m. Guest summary:.
Jacqueline Chambliss Bio Over the past four years, Jacqueline Chambliss has had a strong passion for young adults. She has transferred that passion into her brainchild, the Youth of Excellence program, where she hold intense workshops and speaking engagements which gives the young adults the challenge to look within to find their inner gifts and help reduce drop out rates from school. Her enthusiasm to instill momentum and ambition for these teenagers places them in a position to increase their level of wanting a higher education and performing on a higher level towards their chosen career paths. It is her desire to continue writing books that are inspirational, and share her experiences and passion for youth through motivational speaking. Jacqueline is currently a Board Member of Special Olympics Florida Miami-Dade county. Jacqueline's goal is to touch all individuals, both young and old, whose paths she crosses, hoping they gain some insight while furthering their capacities to learn and grows together. Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Jacqueline is married to her high school sweetheart, Mr. Autry Chambliss, her biggest supporter who she credits for bringing out the best in her as a person. As a current resident of Miami, FL, Mrs. Chambliss is also an entrepreneur who shares a love for the arts, dance and music. While this book is the first, Mrs. Chambliss' passion for writing will bring more literary works in the future.
About the Book Eugene & Mr. Bike: Eugene and Mr. Bike is the short fiction story of a young teenager boy named Eugene who lived in a small town of called Owensville. Eugene was born with some disabilities. Eugene's led on a journey though Mr. Bike to discover the answer to a question why? Eugene then realizes that his disabilities are his abilities for overcoming his personal life's obstacles.
2. Guest: Michael Willihnganz Call-in Time: 5:30 p.m.
Guest summary: Mike and Wendy Willihnganz live by a lake about twenty five miles north of Ann Arbor Michigan, with a daughter, one dog, two cats and any number of fish. We have had the good fortune to spend two vacations in China with our friends Mike and Amy Lee and their families. From Beijing to Hong Kong, on one trip and Shanghai up the Yangtze to the foot hills of Tibet on the second. We climbed the sacred mountains and visited endless tombs, pagodas, historical sites. To that list, one must add unnumbered gift shops and factories -- with gift shops. Unfortunately, we often did not, in all honesty, know the relevance of what we were seeing. Only after five years of reading and researching did I come to my current overview of the people and history of that vast and beautiful land. I was there, in the former Canton area, as a casual student in the mid 1990s, before I entered a Masters Course in Linguistics at Wayne State University, Detroit. I hope that we'll have the chance to return and revisit China and to see it through new eyes.
About the book: The China Sand Wedge is a fictional account of four generations of the Wen Family, who lived in "interesting times" -- the years from 1832 and 1978. Based tightly on the real history of China, the characters interact with the famous and infamous of the time and are seen in a no-larger-than-life perspective. The Wen Family starts high in the mountains of central China, in Shaanxi Province, in the person of a five year old peasant boy, scratching his first characters in the dirt. How he gets his education, position and wealth is the second part of the story. The first part of the story is actually what happened after much had changed to make China the country and people that we see today. The rest of the book is the Transition from the formal Qing Dynasty into the Peoples Republic of China -- as seen through the eyes of members of the Wen family and told to my protagonist Nick Remos by the last member of that family. Nick is an American technician who gets himself 'Shanghied to Shanghai' and left to fend for himself in the turbulant years after the Cultural Revolution and works his passage out of China by retelling the tale.
3. Guest: Christina Dixon Call-in time: 5:50 p.m. Guest summary: Dixon is the host of the workshop "Hold My Hand While I Write," to be held July 3, from 10 a.m.-noon.
About the Workshop: "Hold My Hand While I Write!" This six month consulting class is on Class 3 coaching writers as they finish their writing projects. The first two hours from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon is filled with information to challenge you to overcome any obstacles that may be hindering you. The one-on-one consultation after each class gives writers the inspiration they need to take the next step!
Michigan Literary Network Radio Show airs every Wednesday 5pm EST. Call in number to listen or speak to guests: 646.915.9177 or go online and listen and talk in chat room at: http://blogtalkradio.com/michiganliterarynetwork Sylvia Hubbard
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
[Motown Writers Network] "HTML for Beginners" is TONIGHT Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Copyright for Writers on the Web -- from Legal Write Pub!
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Electronic Books Seminar (Understanding and Looking Into the Future of Publishing) July 22, 2010 $
'Mcomb internet marketing and Real Investors Meeting proudly hosts: The leading writer of eBooks and Master Internet Marketer Sylvia Hubbard will be the Macomb Internet Marketing Club Speaker for July 22, 2010 Little Bit About Sylvia Hubbard Author of over 4 paperbacks & 15 e-books Selling e-books since 2000 Been teaching Internet Marketing to Writers [...]      
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