Amazon recently launched a new imprint focused on publishing quick reads in digital format. This type of reading will surprise many, as it won't feature works by unknown authors; quite the opposite, it will include writings and readings by well-known and famous authors.
Amazon Single Classics brings back the writings of well-known authors that originally appeared in famous magazines such as Forbes, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among others . These quick reads are also available at a low price, affordable for everyone, just a click away.
Amazon Single Classics will be distributed at 99 cents per unit . This very affordable price not only indicates the quality of the writing but also the target audience for this publishing imprint. In this respect, users won't find major works in digital format like The Pillars of the Earth or The Girl on the Train, but they will find magazine-style articles that can satisfy their literary needs at any given moment. For Kindle Unlimited users, Single Classics ebooks will be free, which seems more like an advertising tactic than an attempt to make Amazon's streaming service more appealing.
In any case, Single Classics seems to be an ideal tool for those who don't want to read material by unknown authors, a fairly small sector, but also for those looking for 20-minute reads , an increasingly large sector and now, in this summer season, something that many more users are looking for.
Personally, I find what Single Classics offers interesting; however, I don't know to what extent these works benefit the writers, that is, the true owners of the works. Legal issues aside, it seems that quick reads are attracting attention , but will they last?