Amazon Publishing has its first million-copy selling author, the company announced today. The author is Oliver Pötzsch and his Hangman's Daughter series has sold over a million copies of three ...

Amazon has its hands in all parts of the book publishing chain. Smaller publishers say it's a near-monopoly, but authors argue that Amazon simply offers a better deal.

Amazon Books editors unveiled their favorite books of 2025 so far. See who made the list, including Taylor Jenkins Reid and "Sunrise on the Reaping." ...

Amazon Publishing, he says, still promotes the opener of his ongoing mystery/thriller series, My Sister’s Grave, a six-year-old book, in Kindle Store promotions; Dugoni says he’s sold 1.5 ...

Amazon’s ability to market books efficiently makes it wildly attractive as a channel, and the company knows it. Its recent moves shine some light on where its ambitions may lie.

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Although Amazon has said its publishing unit will have distribution through the key outlets—the chains and the independents—many agents are questioning whether this will actually happen.

Amazon Publishing may have scaled back its plans to have a major New York City trade publishing presence since the departure of Larry Kirshbaum in early 2014, but the company still continues to ...

Self-publishing on Amazon’s platforms benefits authors in some genres—including romance and mystery, where readers tear through books and writing them might not take a long time—over those ...

Amazon’s refusal to sell e-books published in-house to libraries is sparking backlash as demand for digital content spikes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon's "Best Books of the Year" list is here. The Top 10 for 2024 include dark thrillers, American classic retellings and stories of unsung heroes.