A Kindle single is a type of e-book which is published through Amazon's Kindle Store. It is specifically intended as a format for novella-length nonfiction literature or long-form journalism. The name "single" comes from musical singles which are shorter in length than an extended play record.
The format, first released in January 2011,[1] was welcomed by The New York Times' Virginia Heffernan in her final column for the paper, who commented that "I’m thrilled to find these Kindle Singles, which add narrative nonfiction to the forms I can savor out here. Narrative nonfiction in our digital era could exist almost no other way — and indeed, it once seemed headed for obsolescence. I’m extremely happy to see it back.[2]" The format has also been praised by literary critic Dwight Garner, who welcomed "what feels almost like a new genre: long enough for genuine complexity, short enough that you don't need journalistic starches and fillers."[3]
The Atlantic writer Rebecca Rosen commented that authors of Kindle singles have found the platform to be financially beneficial. She made a point of distinguishing Kindle singles, which are "curated and shepherded through an editing process by former Village Voice editor-in-chief and Columbia adjunct David Blum, much like a traditional publishing house" ("successful Singles authors aren't undiscovered gems but professional writers who have published elsewhere before") from Kindle Direct Publishing, which is a platform for unknown authors to quickly publish and sell their works as e-books through Amazon.[4]
A Kindlesingle is a type of e-book which is published through Amazon's Kindle Store. It is specifically intended as a format for novella-length nonfiction...
wireless networking to the Kindle Store. The hardware platform, which Amazon subsidiary Lab126 developed, began as a single device in 2007. Currently,...
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of release, placing number one on Amazon's KindleSingle chart. It became the first nonfiction KindleSingle to make The Wall Street Journal bestseller...
January 25, 2013, King published an essay titled Guns via Amazon.com's Kindlesingle feature, which discusses the gun debate in the wake of the Sandy Hook...
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2008, ISBN 978-0-312-38596-5, OCLC 213300974. Heaven and Mel, Amazon KindleSingle, 2012, ASIN B0087PTQ96 Dominus, Susan (March 4, 2007). "The last king...
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released in a number of digital formats. The KindleSingle edition e-book rose to number one on KindleSingle's bestseller's list. On July 1, 2011 the book...
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György Kurtág and Timo Andres. As part of the project, Biss wrote the KindleSingle eBook A Pianist Under the Influence. The work explains Biss's lifelong...
the title role, received a 2010 release. Amazon named Walker's 2015 KindleSingle, Old Man Johnson (his first novel), among its "Best of the Year." Walker...
Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student. Diamond Inspiration (Kindlesingle e-book) 2014. Life With My Guardian Angel. Rainbow Ridge 2018. ISBN 978-1937907563...
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