The Integrative Stream

Amazon Shorts

Amazon has introduced Amazon Shorts, selling short stories and essays from big names online, for minimal money. One of the nice things is that there’s no digital rights management on the downloads. I like it when companies don’t automatically treat me like a criminal. Over the years Amazon has been very good at making me feel like a valued customer.

The always interesting John Scalzi reviews the service and discusses what it may mean for authors. I’ve had most of my books available online via Safari for a while now, although the jury is still very much out on whether or not I’ve actually made more money that way.