the Cover of the book ‘the Eld’, Gisele Mirabai, who won the first Prize in the Kindle of Literature (Photo: Disclosure)
The writer Gisele Mirabai was announced this Tuesday (18), the winner of the Prize Kindle Literature. Promoted by Amazon and by the New Border, the contest is geared towards independent authors. By the book, “Field”, the winner takes$ 20 thousand and a contract with the publisher to publish the printed version of the book.
The competitors for the Prize Kindle Literature were publishing their works in digital format exclusively in the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform self-publishing from Amazon.
By the rules, the novels entered must be unpublished, written in Portuguese and published originally free in form digital in KDP (the tool is free) between 1 September and 30 November. They should be available exclusively for the Kindle (the electronic reader from Amazon) for 90 days from the date of publication.
All registered participants have been made available in the Kindle Store. Were also available, free of charge, to clients of the program Kindle Unlimited. The digital works can be read on e-readers Kindle and on the app for computer, smartphone and tablets with iOS and Android.
On 12 December, were announced the ten works pre-selected. The three finalists were: “The last steps of the hanged man”, by Edson Soares; “My shadow cabel ali”, by Leon Idris Azevedo; and “Farm gate”, that ended up being voted the winner.
The finalists will be able to publish his novels in format audiobook by Audible, Inc., subdisiária of the Amazon. In the format, the works are accessible in more 180 countries.
To announce the creation of the Award Kindle of Literature, in September of last year, Amazon reported that “the books registered will be evaluated based on various criteria, such as creativity, originality and quality of writing”.
At the time, the executive of Amazon.with.br Alex Szapiro said in a note that “each week, on average, about 30 titles, including the 100 eBooks sold on Amazon.with.br are published by the KDP”.
Launched in 2012, the KDP was designed to leave the control of the publication in hand to the author, you can choose from, for example, the cover and the value of the work, in addition to stay with up to 70% of the copyright for the title.
About the Prize Kindle, Shapiro said it is a “excellent reason not to leave the idea of a book, or a manuscript, kept in a drawer or on a computer.”
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