The novel prize winner will be published in printed version by the New Border, and its author will receive a cash prize in the amount of R$ 20 thousand (photo: playback)
Amazon.with.br and New Frontier announce the finalists for the Award Kindle of Literature. The 10 finalists are: Soul, de Raquel Favaro; Edge of Ri, Rodrigo Vrech; the Future Archaic, Jose Ricardo da Costa Aguiar Alves; Glitter, Bruno Ribeiro; Field, Gisele Mirabai; My Shadow is up There, by Leon Idris Azevedo; the Night, Norberto Santos; The Man of Two Cities, Felipe Cherubin; The Hidden Side of Fear, Barbara Nonato; and The Last Steps of the Hanged man, Edson Soares. For more information about the titles inscribed on the award, please visit the page awards.
In the period between 1st September and 31st November, more than 1,700 authors of 460 brazilian cities have submitted more than 2 thousand books using KDP, a tool for self-publishing to the Amazon to participate in the award. The books eligible for the award should be novels unpublished and not yet published, written in Portuguese, in addition to exclusive for the Kindle and enrolled in KDP Select. All of the works submitted were carefully reviewed by a panel of judges qualified and chosen by the New Border.
"We are very pleased to see the number of books submitted for the prize, but, more than that, we were surprised with the engagement of readers with the stories published," explains Ricardo Garrido, General Manager of Content Acquisition for Amazon’s Kindle.with.br. "More than 30 titles inscribed ranked among the top 100 bestsellers in the Amazon.with.br during the award. It is a great satisfaction to see that we are building a bridge between these authors and their readers."
"it Is a great joy to the New Frontier have been the publishing house chosen by Amazon.with.br for the revelation of the great talents of the literature on contemporary brazilian. The winner of the award, with Carlos Heitor Cony and Geraldo Carneiro, with the jury, will have his novel published by us and will be part of the catalog of the publisher, to the side of great writers such as Guimarães Rosa, Nelson Rodrigues, Ariano Suassuna, Carlos Heitor Cony, Rubem Fonseca, and many others," said Daniele Cajueiro, Editorial Director of the New Border.
The winner, which will be released in January of 2017, you will have the opportunity of close partnership with the New Frontier to the publication of the printed version of the book and will receive a prize of R$ 20 thousand in cash. In addition, the project will be eligible to win an audio version-the book, by Audible, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, which is present in more than 180 countries.
THE KDP is a tool that is uncomplicated and free of charge for authors and publishers to publish their digital books to readers Kindle on the entire world. All novels entered into the award will be made available in the Kindle Store, in addition to being available for free to customers enrolled in the program, Kindle Unlimited. All books digital Kindle can be read in the e-readers of the family Kindle, as well as by the reading application Kindle for computers, smartphones and tablets with iOS and Android.
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