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KINDLE SCOUT (CONT’D)
Currently there is no data on how many books have been sold in total, but at least
one, Eddie and Sunny by Stacey Cochran, became a Kindle Top 100 Best Seller.
Amazon notes two authors—Sariah Wilson, author of Royal Date, and Jennifer
Skutelsky, author of Grave of Hummingbirds—went on to get book deals
with Amazon Publishing after their titles were published by Kindle Press.
The royalty terms are a little different than the Kindle self-publishing platform, but if
your book is accepted Kindle Scout does give an advance and contracts are based
around 5-year (renewable terms). Authors get a $1,500 advance plus a 50 percent
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions and featured Amazon marketing, the
company says. Check out the eligibility and other guidelines detailed here.
Leave it to Amazon to continue to innovate and figure out how to get more and more
of the market share. Still, this is worth checking. One note: The program is limited to
books with a single author. At this time, they do not accept co-authored books.

KINDLE SCOUT
ACCEPTS THE
FOLLOWING
GENRES:

ROMANCE,
MYSTERY &
THRILLER, SCIENCE
FICTION &
FANTASY, TEEN &
YOUNG ADULT,
AND GENERAL

LITERATURE &
FICTION.
WHEN
IDENTIFYING YOUR
GENRE IN THE
SUBMISSION
PROCESS, BE AS
ACCURATE AS
POSSIBLE TO HELP

KINDLE SCOUT
(AND READERS!)
FIND YOUR BOOK.

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