| Barnes and Noble is taking advantage of the publishing industries growing trend of short fiction. The company has announced Nook Snaps program, which features high-quality short fiction and narrative non-fiction handpicked by Nook editors offering fresh perspectives on modern life. The program offers 3 to 5 new Nook Snaps selections of at least 5,000 words every other month for only $1.99 each. Guardian Shorts, Kindle Singles, Atavist, and many other companies have entered the short fiction space, to take advantage of people wanting shorter reads. It is basically books too short to be a novel and too long to be the cover story in a magazine. How do authors submit their works to Nook Snaps? A Barnes and Noble representative told us that “Nook Snaps is an editorially driven program, and we are selectively adding content to the program for the immediate future. Authors may submit titles via a submission box we are setting up now. We will be posting submission guidelines to our website shortly, and we will accept submissions through our email box.” "We believe our collection of bite-sized Nook Snaps, refreshed bimonthly and offered at a great price, provides a wonderful new way for our readers to connect with some of today's most compelling voices," said Theresa Horner, Vice President of Digital Content at Nook Media. "Nook Snaps are sure to delight readers with their smart, incisive and provocative points of view told through wonderfully crafted stories. It's an editorially driven program that reflects our ongoing commitment to high-quality short content delivered on our innovative Nook platform." There are four debut titles in the collection that should appeal to a wide audience. High-Status Characters: How The Upright Citizens Brigade Stormed a City, Started a Scene, and Changed Comedy Forever by Brian Raftery. Also, How to be a Playgirl by Jessanne Collins and Willing to be Lucky by Mickey Rapkin. The last title is The Insurrectionist by Michael Dahlie. The Nook Snaps page is now online, but seems to put the focus on Barnes and Noble’s entire catalog. The various sections are tending to put the emphasis on the popularity of the author and the word count of the entire book. There are short reads and novellas on the front-page by Karin Slaughter, Jeff Kinney, and Diane Chamberlain. Barnes and Noble Announces New Short Fiction Program – Nook Snaps is a post from: E-Reader News |
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Barnes and Noble Announces New Short Fiction Program – Nook Snaps
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