Monday, Oct 17

There was an article in the NYT today about Amazon encouraging writers of all genres to "cast aside their publishers" and join up with them instead. The article, "Amazon Signing Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal", says that this fall alone, Amazon will publish 122 books of various genres in both physical and e-book form. This will cause Amazon to be in direct competition with top publishing companies and I'm interested to see how the big publishing companies and publishers respond to this. I, personally, love love love to read and have for years. I remember laying in my bed with a flashlight balanced on my shoulder trying to stay awake and finish another chapter in one of the Chronicles of Narnia books, among countless others. For a little while, I've thought about entering the publishing world after college and pursuing a career in the field. It's strange to think of Amazon possibly being a publishing powerhouse because it's such a successful company already. Who knows if it'll do well but with the amazing success of the Kindle and other e-readers, as well as e-books, Amazon seems to be heading in the right direction with acquiring writers and authors as well.