Amazon and the Breakthrough Novel award
I received an email yesterday - rather belatedly as it turns out - about the Amazon Breakthrough Novel award. Online book retailer, Amazon.com, is calling for manuscript submissions. Submit your novel, and you could win a publishing contract with Penguin, promotional support from Amazon and a host of other prizes.
Problem is, they’ve already reached their limit of 5,000 registered authors. So those 5,000 have a guaranteed spot on the manuscript pile if they chose to take it up. If they don’t there’ll be opportunities for those on the waiting list. According to the site, this will be on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you’re interested, you might want to register here as soon as you can.
It looks like Amazon customers will have a say in which novelist gets that final publishing contract, with online voting for the semi-finalists and finalists early next year before the winner is announced on April 7. A kind of BigBrother for manuscripts, perhaps?
Your thoughts
How do you feel about readers being involved in the publication process in this way? What are the benefits for the participants? Penguin? Amazon?
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