Fire Alarm Companies

The launch of Amazon Kindle fire at a price well below expectations, of course, attracted the attention of people on the side of the Amazon e-book operations and the likely effect Kindle extended family in the other publishers to try to change to digital. But something else is happening at the other end of the chain could also affect the publishing industry as much or more, Amazon has become a major publisher in its own right.

things started in May 2009 when it launched AmazonEncore:

a new program whereby Amazon uses information such as customer reviews on Amazon websites to identify exceptional books, not overlooked and the authors that show potential to increase sales.

After the first low-profile tracks that Amazon adds others, including AmazonCrossing (foreign books in translation), Powered by Amazon (short books), Montlake Romance ( romantic fiction), Thomas & Mercer (mystery and suspense) and, more recently, 47North (science fiction, fantasy and horror) - the latter with some flashy authors:

47North launches with 15 books, including "Mongolia: Book One", the first collaboration ambitious series of five books Foreworld led by Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear. All these books will be available to English readers in Kindle formats, written and audio on http://www.amazon.com and national and independent bookstores. 47North published and unpublished original works, as well as printed books.

Meanwhile, in May this year, Amazon has hired a veteran of the publishing industry to become vice president, editor of the office of the New Edition Amazon New York:




Amazon.com gave its most aggressive step yet in direct competition with traditional publishers: They hired Larry Kirshbaum, a literary agent and former CEO of Time Warner Publishing Group (now Hachette Book Group ) to launch a brand as a whole.