Amazon.com has launched a new section selling short stories (essays and nonfiction, too) for 49 cents each. John Scalzi takes a look from both the reader’s side (thumbs up) and author’s side (it depends). As someone who readily downloads a song to decide if I like a band, this download-a-cheap-story thing makes sense to me. I hope people will sample writers they don’t know at all. Perhaps the erudite will waste five dimes on a Danielle Steele story in wine-soaked 49-cent downloading binges. Careful, don’t drink and download.
That and $3 will get you a cup of coffee
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