After forever changing book-selling, Amazon is now embarked on a
wide-ranging venture that seeks to alter the book-publishing end of the
business. Company officials see it as an experiment where they can
tinker with new ways to connect authors and readers.
For more than a decade, Hugh Howey wrestled with writing about the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001.
Before Howey became the best-selling author of “Wool,” he worked as a boat captain aboard a ship docked in the shadows of the World Trade Center towers as two planes flew into them. Even as he began to make a living as an author, the idea of writing about the tragedy vexed him.
And then Amazon.com opened a creative door for him. The book-publishing unit at the online retail giant created an imprint devoted to fan fiction, Kindle Worlds, last May. Fan fiction is often dismissed as mediocre writing by wannabe authors.
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For more than a decade, Hugh Howey wrestled with writing about the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001.
Before Howey became the best-selling author of “Wool,” he worked as a boat captain aboard a ship docked in the shadows of the World Trade Center towers as two planes flew into them. Even as he began to make a living as an author, the idea of writing about the tragedy vexed him.
And then Amazon.com opened a creative door for him. The book-publishing unit at the online retail giant created an imprint devoted to fan fiction, Kindle Worlds, last May. Fan fiction is often dismissed as mediocre writing by wannabe authors.
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