un occasion for aspiring writersbut why not, even for already established pens, to let the general public discover their own unpublished works, self-published with Kindle Direct Publishing. Come back, for the fourth edition, Amazon Storytellerthe literary competition that allows independent authors to compete with their talent and make their writings known to the world. Applications to participate are open until 31 August 2023.
Amazon Storyteller Award, how to participate in the literary competition
The Amazon Storyteller Award provides a cash reward of 10 thousand, a marketing campaign to promote your book on Amazon.it, and the possibility of being published in audio format by Audible. All other finalists will receive a Kindle Scribe e-reader.
Until 31 August 2023authors will have the opportunity to submit their application to the initiative and publish their new and exclusive texts via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. That is, the Amazon platform that allows Frpublish in 72 hours, receiving royalties of up to 70% for digital versions and 60% for paper versions and maintaining full control over your work, including the selling price.
All the books that participate in the initiative, deemed suitable, will be available to all Amazon.it customers. They will therefore be able to read them on any device (thanks to the Kindle app, Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets).
The 2023 Amazon Storyteller Award winner will be announced in November 2023.
The jury of the award for aspiring writers
To read and evaluate the works in this edition Stefania Crepaldi, author and editorial consultant, Roselina Salemi, journalist and author, the booktoker Megi Bulla and Andrea Pasino, Head of Kindle Direct Publishing for Italy, France and Spain.
But Terence Biffi will also be on the jury, winner of the 2022 edition of the award, among over 1400 competing titles: his book “Long white cloud: New Zealand without filters” is the story of the two years spent by the author in New Zealand during the pandemic. Together with Deborah, met in an Auckland hostel, Biffi has in fact traveled over ten thousand kilometers aboard a Mitsubishi L300 named Bianca, exploring a slice of the world and himself at the same time.
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