Amazon.com Shorts: Where Short Fiction and Articles Come to Life!

By Jay Dee, published May 31, 2007
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Everyone knows that Amazon.com started out as an Internet bookseller and that now it sells, well, everything. You name it, from books to computers to a new set of wheels for your car it seems that if it exists, you can find it on Amazon.com. Since the name of the company was chosen due to the fact that the Amazon is the most voluminous river in the world, it would only make sense that the site is one of the most voluminous retailers in cyberspace.

What many people do not know is that you can also buy short fiction and articles from Amazon.com, too. These works are individual short fiction and articles and not just books filled with them. All you need to do is to go to Amazon.com Shorts to start building your own personal library all for less than a half a dollar per piece. That is right, on the Shorts web site you can purchase any of the fiction or articles for a mere .49 each and, at this writing, there were over 1515 shorts to choose from!

What kind of work can you expect to find on this site? You name the genus and most likely you can find it on Amazon.com Shorts.

Here is the current list of genres that can be found on the site:

Biography & Memoirs
Business & Investing
Children's & Teen
Entertainment
Gay & Lesbian
Health, Mind & Body
History
Horror
Humor
Literature & Fiction
Military Fiction
Mystery & Thrillers
Nonfiction & Essays
Outdoors & Nature
Parenting & Families
Religion
Romance
Science
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Serials
Sports
Travel
Westerns

Takeaways
  • What many people do not know is that you can also buy short fiction and articles from Amazon.com...
  • ...you can purchase any of the fiction or articles for a mere .49 each...
  • ...there are over 1515 shorts to choose from!
Did You Know?
All contributors to the Amazon.com Shorts program have books for sale on the site.
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I just heard about that, very cool!

Posted on 11/15/2007 at 1:11:00 PM

 
This is a great article for those of us trying to write short-shorts! You could use the site as your own personal tutor...how cool is that?! Thanks for the info!

Posted on 09/24/2007 at 8:09:00 AM

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