One Grand Prize winner will be chosen by Amazon customers and receive
a publishing contract with Amazon Publishing, with a $50,000 advance
Finalists will be chosen in five categories—general fiction,
mystery/thriller, romance, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and young
adult fiction—and receive publishing contracts with Amazon Publishing
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2012--
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com today begins an exciting new chapter in the
annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA), the contest in search of
the next great voices in popular fiction. Starting January 14, authors
can enter the contest in one of five categories—general fiction,
mystery/thriller, romance, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and young
adult fiction—for the chance to win a publishing contract with Amazon
Publishing. A finalist will be chosen in each category, and a Grand
Prize winner will then be selected by Amazon customers and receive a
$50,000 advance. The remaining finalists will also receive a publishing
contract with Amazon Publishing, with a $15,000 advance.
This year’s ABNA contest is open to unpublished and self-published
English-language novels, which can be submitted from January 14, 2013
through January 27, 2013. The five finalists will be announced on May
21, and the Grand Prize winner will be announced during a special
ceremony at Amazon headquarters in Seattle in June.
“Over the past five years, the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award has
helped thousands of authors realize their dream of writing a novel,
while connecting them with their peers as well as readers and giving
them the opportunity to be discovered,” said Nader Kabbani, Vice
President of CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing. “We’re excited to
evolve the contest this year to recognize talented aspiring authors in
even more genres, with bigger advances, more winners, and quickly bring
the winning novels to readers around the world.”
Up to 10,000 eligible entries will be accepted for the ABNA contest this
year. The top 400 entries from each category will advance to the second
round. Amazon reviewers will then read excerpts of the entries and
narrow the pool to 100 titles in each category. In the subsequent round,
reviewers from Publishers Weekly will read, review and rate the full
manuscripts to find the top five semi-finalists for each category.
Amazon Publishing editors will then choose a finalist in each of the
five categories. In the final stage of the contest, Amazon.com customers
will vote for a Grand Prize winner.
“At Amazon Publishing we love introducing readers to outstanding books,”
said Daphne Durham, Editor-in-Chief, Amazon Publishing. “We’re thrilled
to be a part of ABNA this year, and look forward to the chance to build
these books into best sellers.”
CreateSpace, an Amazon company, will again this year host the contest
entry platform, which includes a community for authors that will keep
them up-to-date on the contest and help them prepare their entries.
Amazon Publishing is the publishing arm of Amazon.com.
Amazon Publishing’s West Coast Group includes imprints AmazonEncore,
AmazonCrossing, Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer and 47North. Amazon
Publishing’s East Coast Group publishes adult trade, children’s and
young adult titles. For more information about all imprints of Amazon
Publishing, visit www.amazon.com/amazonpublishing. Amazon
Publishing is a brand used by Amazon Content Services, LLC.
For the complete Official Rules for the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel
Award and more information about the contest, please visit www.amazon.com/abna.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever
constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented
built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long
battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest generation
Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved
fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom
high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo
speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support,
dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough
storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics
engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and 8.9”. The
large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and
comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The
all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster
performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
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www.amazon.de,
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www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
and www.amazon.es.
As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
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of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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