Over the past few days, it seems I keep running into the same sort of post over and over on various blogs. The headline is something like “[Name of blog] now available on your Kindle!” and then announces that yes, you can now subscribe for $1.99 a month to said blog and receive updates without lifting another finger.
Why is this happening all at once? Because Amazon just launched Kindle Publishing for Blogs, which lets anyone with a blog sign up and list their content on the Amazon Kindle Store for free. (Until now, you had to be invited by Amazon to participate.)
A few things to note:
- the $1.99 subscription price is set by Amazon;
- blog owners get 30% of that fee, while the rest stays with Amazon;
- there are other, cheaper options if you read a lot of blogs or you’re on a tight budget.
Is Kindlerama up there on the Amazon Blog Store? You betcha! I fully do NOT recommend you subscribe to ANY blogs through Amazon, but in the event that anyone wants to subscribe that way, I’m not going to deny them.